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Can anyone help me with these two problems? I found the distance to one. Please, assignment is due tonight. Thank you.

Can anyone help me with these two problems? I found the distance to one. Please, assignment-example-1

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Can anyone help me with these two problems? I found the distance to one. Please, assignment-example-1
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Answer:

32 mi @ N77°E

Explanation:

The route of travel forms legs of a right triangle, so the final distance (d) from harbor can be found using the Pythagorean theorem:

d² = 28² +16² = 784 +256 = 1040

d = √1040 ≈ 32.249 . . . miles

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The angle (α) added to the original N47°E bearing can be found using the fact that opposite and adjacent sides are given. So, they can tell you the tangent of the angle:

tan(α) = 16/28

α = arctan(16/28) ≈ 29.74°

Then the bearing to the final position is ...

47° +29.74° = 76.74° . . . . . east of north

Rounded to whole numbers, the final position from harbor is ...

32 miles @ N 77° E

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