Question

Ship A receives a distress signal from the east, and ship B receives a distress signal from the same vessel from the northwest. At what location is the vessel in distress located? Describe how you arrived at your conclusion using complete sentences. You must show all work in order to receive credit.

Answer 1

See the attached figure.

E direction is a line which is parallel to x-axis. (blue line).

NW direction lies on a line that is at an angle of 135 degrees to the positive direction of the x axis. (red lines).

Intersection between red line and blue line will give the coordinates of the vessel in distress location which is point C (3,2)