A ship has steamed 230nm N and 180nm W. Find the true course

3 answers

Make a diagram, you will get a right-angled triangle
use the tangent ratio to find your angle in the triangle
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Remember that compass courses, true or magnetic, are clockwise from North, not counterclockwise from East (x axis) as in a math text. This is between 270 (West) and 360 (or zero, North)