document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1120575>Question 1120575</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A ship travels on a N 34o E course.   The ship travels until it is due north of a port which is 245 nm due east of the port from which the ship originated.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How far did the ship travel?   Round your answer to two decimal places. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The ship travels until it is due north of a port which is 245 nm due east of the port from which the ship originated.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How far did the ship travel? Round your answer to two decimal places.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a right triangle representing:<BR>\n" );
document.write( " the origin,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " the point due north of the port,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " and the port (which is 245 mi from the origin)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the interior angle at point of origin: 90 - 34 = 56 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The path of the ship is the hypotenuse (h), use the cosine of 56 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cos(56) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=245%2Fh ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"245%2Fh\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=245%2Fcos%2856%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"245%2Fcos%2856%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "use your calc<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 438.13 nm  </SPAN>\n" );
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