Question

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

Answer 1

The coordinates of Ship A and B are missing, so i have attached it

Answer:

The vessel in distress is located at the coordinate (1, 2)

Explanation:

The coordinates attached shows that;

Coordinates of A are (3, 4) while that of B are (1, 1).

We are told that Ship A receives a distress signal from the north, And ship B receives a distress signal from the same vessel from the southeast.

Now, from the image attached, If we imagine extending the line of ship A that is getting distress signal from southeast and also same thing for ship B that is getting signal from north,we'll discover that the lines intersect at a point with co-ordinates of approximately; (1, 2)