Bearings Help

Hi i have a scanned copy of what i need help with. if you could post and email me, that would be AWSOME! but i do need this soon!


Well i just found out, the file is too big, so, if you could email me, i will send you a copy of the sheet. thnx.

but yes, i am going to type the problem, but the Page is more help....


Just had a break through! i just croped the scan to the diagram only, so here is what it says....




A ship is travelling on a straight course at a constant speed, during fog, to avoid detection.

The ship's journey is to be logged by two government run observatory posts on a stretch of shoreline running north/south. (see diagram [this is were you might need the diagram.]). The observatories are 10Km apart.



Task One


At midnight observatory B detects a sighting of a ship bearing 045(degrees). At the same time observatory T detects the ship at a bearing of 129(degrees)

You must draw a scaled diagram to represent the situation and calculate the psotion of the ship from both observatory B and T at midnight.



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Hello, firemonkey!

Quote:

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A ship is travelling on a straight course at a constant speed.
Two observation posts and are 10 miles apart on a north-south shoreline.
is north of

detects the ship at bearing 045°.
At the same time detects the ship at bearing of 129°.

Draw a diagram to represent the situation.
Calculate the postion of the ship from both and

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Code:

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      N
      |
      |
    T o 129°
      | *
      |51°*
      |    * y
      |      *
      |        *
  10 |      84° o S
      |        *
      |      *
      |    * x
      |45°*
      | *
    B o

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The ship is at





We want: .


Law of Sines: .

. . Therefore, the ship is about 7.81 miles from


Law of Sines: .

. . Therefore, the ship is about 7.11 miles from