SOLUTION: A coast guard patrol boat is 14.8 km east of the Brier Island Lighthouse. A disabled yacht is 7.5km south of the lighthouse.
b) At what angle south of due west, to the nearest d
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Question 325032: A coast guard patrol boat is 14.8 km east of the Brier Island Lighthouse. A disabled yacht is 7.5km south of the lighthouse.
b) At what angle south of due west, to the nearest degree, should the patrol boat travel to reach the yacht?
Answer by galactus(183) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the law of tangents.
arctan(7.5/14.8)=26.87392 degrees.
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