A ship leaves port at 6 am and heads due east at 20 knots. At 10 am, to avoid a storm the ship changes course to N 47°. Find the ships distance from port at 4 pm.

Answer 1

Not a right triangle, where in the world did you get that idea?

Draw the figure. Make a triangle. Do you know the law of sine and the law of cosines? If so, figure the distance of the two legs from speed and time, then use the law of sines to figure the other two angles in the triangle. Finally, use the law of cosines to figure the side you are looking for.

Answer 2

can i also have the actual answer and the process

Answer 3

no