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CAN YOU HELP ME WITH BEARINGS??? how to calculate angles inside?

Posted on 06 March 2010 by

A ship sails 100 km from a port X on a bearing of 055° and then 150 km on a bearing of 145°. It reaches its destination at port Y. Find:
1. the bearing of port Y from port X
2. the distance between port X and port Y
how can i calculate the angle(s) especially the one between 100 and 150 km???

1 Comments For This Post

  1. Andy jc Says:

    hi i have worked out on a paper, you can view it as picture on the following web address:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/45322139@N07/4162851052/

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