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document.write( "The direction of the boat wrt its heading is arctan(10/8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=~ 51 degs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is, if the boat heads directly across, its path makes an angle of 51 degs with the line perpendicular to the shore.<BR>\n" );
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