Asked by Carly

Two ships leave from the same port. One ship travels on a bearing of 157 degrees at 20 knots. The second ship travels on a bearing of 247 degrees at 35 knots. (1 knot is a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour).
Calculate the bearing of the second ship from the first, to the nearest minute.
Answered by bobpursley
When? after two days? after two hours?
Answered by Carly
i dont know this was the question i got asked in my textbook and i really need help with this
Answered by Steve
The two courses are 90 degrees apart, so it's just a matter of figuring the angles of the right triangle. If the angle made by the 1st ship is θ, then the bearing of ship 2 from ship 1 is just

(157+180-θ)°
Answered by marcus
wrong some how the answer is 276degrees and 45 min
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