document.write( "Question 1107135: An airplane flies due north a certain number of miles. The plane then flies due east three times as far. Find the approximate bearing of the plane from its starting point. \n" ); document.write( "

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An airplane flies due north a certain number of miles. The plane then flies due east three times as far. Find the approximate bearing of the plane from its starting point.
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\n" ); document.write( "The tangent of the angle between North and the line from the plane to the starting point is 3.
\n" ); document.write( "Angle =~ 72 degs
\n" ); document.write( "--> bearing of 072. \n" ); document.write( "

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