document.write( "Question 1117417: Otis starts out hiking from a camp at point A on a course 25.5° from the line through A and a town at point B 12km away. He heads for a ridge at point C intending to change direction there and head for the town, but when he arrives at C he finds that the trail marker saying \"10km to town B \" has fallen down. By what angle should he know turn in order to head straight for B? \n" ); document.write( "
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