Question

A plane's flight path called for it to fly from J to W. W is 200kms due North and 500kms due west of J. Draw a coordinate picture. What bearing will the pilot fly and what distance will he or she go in air kilometers?

Answer 1

First step. Draw the picture.

Do you know the Pythagorean Theorem?

Can you convert from x-y to headings?

Answer 2

Length of side answered. Can not find bearing of angle .4

Answer 3

if you set J at (0,0), then W is at (-500,200).

Check your formulas, and you will find that the plane's heading (not bearing!) is

360-arctan(200/500)

Answer 4

359.6