Question
Two ships leave from the same port. One ship travels on a bearing of 157 degrees at 20 knots. The second ship travels on a bearing of 247 degrees at 35 knots. (1 knot is a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour).
Calculate the bearing of the second ship from the first, to the nearest minute.
Calculate the bearing of the second ship from the first, to the nearest minute.
Answers
bobpursley
When? after two days? after two hours?
Carly
i dont know this was the question i got asked in my textbook and i really need help with this
Steve
The two courses are 90 degrees apart, so it's just a matter of figuring the angles of the right triangle. If the angle made by the 1st ship is θ, then the bearing of ship 2 from ship 1 is just
(157+180-θ)°
(157+180-θ)°
marcus
wrong some how the answer is 276degrees and 45 min