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[omgineedhelp123]

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[lev888]

Please follow posting guidelines (and fix image orientation).

 

[omgineedhelp123]

 

[omgineedhelp123]

I need help for the two boats question!

 

[Steven G]

You need to show us something. Give it a try. Even if it is wrong then we have a place to start helping you. Thanks.

 

[lev888]

I need help for the two boats question!

A triangle sounds like a good model for the problem. What do we know about this triangle?

 

[omgineedhelp123]

A triangle sounds like a good model for the problem. What do we know about this triangle?

I know that these triangles are given bearing degrees. But I just can’t seem to label the diagram properly.

 

[omgineedhelp123]

You need to show us something. Give it a try. Even if it is wrong then we have a place to start helping you. Thanks.

I did try multiple times and erased my work. I tried to find the lengths. I got 90 for the first boat and 54 for the second boat. I’m pretty sure it’s wrong.

 

[lev888]

I know that these triangles are given bearing degrees. But I just can’t seem to label the diagram properly.

What's important is the difference between the 2 bearings.

 

[lev888]

I did try multiple times and erased my work. I tried to find the lengths. I got 90 for the first boat and 54 for the second boat. I’m pretty sure it’s wrong.

Post your work.

 

[omgineedhelp123]

Post your work.

 

[lev888]

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Looks good to me. Why do you think it's wrong?
What about the bearing info?

 

[omgineedhelp123]

Looks good to me. Why do you think it's wrong?
What about the bearing info?

I just don’t know where to label the degrees given in the question. I know how to solve the triangle if the triangle is given the degrees and angles

 

[JayJay]

A poorly set question as a knot is a unit of speed, not distance so "knot/h" is incorrect.
A knot is a speed of one nautical mile per hour where one nautical mile = 1,852 metres.

 

[omgineedhelp123]

A poorly set question as a knot is a unit of speed, not distance so "knot/h" is incorrect.
A knot is a speed of one nautical mile per hour where one nautical mile = 1,852 metres.

How can I set up this in the triangle. I got the sides to be 54 and 90 but I don’t know where to put the degrees

 

[jonah2.0]

Beer soaked ramblings and speculation follows.

I need help for the two boats question!

Yet another notation, rare among mariners but used by airline pilots, is to give the bearing as an angle measured clockwise from North. Thus for example East is 90º, South is 180º and South-West is 225º. The compass rose at ...

You should be able to continue with the following total give away.

 

[lev888]

Beer soaked ramblings and speculation follows.

Yet another notation, rare among mariners but used by airline pilots, is to give the bearing as an angle measured clockwise from North. Thus for example East is 90º, South is 180º and South-West is 225º. The compass rose at ...

You should be able to continue with the following total give away.

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It's good to know, but is not really needed. Only the difference matters.

 

[lev888]

I just don’t know where to label the degrees given in the question. I know how to solve the triangle if the triangle is given the degrees and angles

If one boat headed north and the other east, what's the angle between their directions?

 

[omgineedhelp123]

 

[lev888]

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It's not clear from your diagram where 50 degree angle came from. I wrote twice that what is important is the difference between bearings. Do you understand why?