Question
A plane leaves port A on 23 degrees North East at 340km to port B, it then changes its direction to North West on 60 degrees at 680km to another port C. Calculate the bearing of A from C?
Answers
oobleck
use the law of cosines to get the final distance
use the law of sines to get the angle at C.
or, just note that you have a 39-60-90 right triangle ...
use the law of sines to get the angle at C.
or, just note that you have a 39-60-90 right triangle ...