Ship A starts at a port and travels 6km at a bearing of 160 before changing...

 

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Ship A starts at a port and travels 6km at a bearing of 160 before changing to a bearing of 30 for 9km. How far from the port is Ship A after these two segments of travel, and at what bearing would Ship A need to aim in order to return to the port? Ship A starts at a port and travels 6km at a bearing of 160 before changing to a bearing of 30 for 9km. How far from the port is Ship A after these two segments of travel, and at what bearing would Ship A need to aim in order to return to the port?

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To solve this problem we can break down the ships movement into two segments the first segment where it travels 6km at a bearing of 160 and the second segment where it travels 9km at a bearing of 30 L... View the full answer