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document.write( "A  boat is 25 miles due east of lighthouse A.  Lighthouse B is 15 miles due south of lighthouse A.  Find the bearing and distance of lighthouse B from the boat.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The distance is the hypotenuse.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The tangent of the angle between the 2 lighthouses is 15/25.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The bearing is (270 - angle) degrees. </SPAN>\n" );
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