Thread: bearing

Q1: a point Pis 12 kilometers due north of another point Q.The bearing of a lighthouse, R, from P is 135 and, fro Q, it is 120. calculate the distance of PR.

Originally Posted by Sohail

Q1: a point Pis 12 kilometers due north of another point Q.The bearing of a lighthouse, R, from P is 135 and, fro Q, it is 120. calculate the distance of PR.

Hello, Sohail,

1. Draw a sketch of the described situation (see attachment)

2. Bearings are measured from the North clockwise. So N = 0°, E = 90° etc.

3. You have a triangle QPR. You know all three angles and one leg. So use Sine rule to calculate the line PR:

4.



5. Use Sine rule:
. Solve for PR.

I've got:

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