Asked by shivika

A man travels 7 km due north and then 9 km due east. At end of his journey find his bearing from starting point.
Answered by Nate
Is it adding? Or pythagorean theorem?
Answered by shivika
is it correct AR= 9-7=2 km
whereby final answer 9.21 km
Answered by sija
its not pythagorean i already tried to do it dosnt work
Answered by Ms Pi 3.14159265358979323
You want the angle... not the side length.
Answered by Nate
Ah, now I understand- the angle.
Now a question for you, do you remember which trig function to use??
Answered by Reiny
You have a right-angled triangle,
distance travelled = √(81 + 49) = appr 11.4 km
tanØ = 9/7
Ø = appr 52.1°
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