document.write( "Question 1136407: A car leaves a gas station and travels at 30 miles per hour (mpg) due west. After 20 minutes, the car changes direction to N 30 W at 20 mph and travels in that direction for 15 minutes. Find the car's distance traveled and the bearing from the gas station. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Direction is left along the y-axis (bearing 270 degrees) and then at a 60 degree angle into quadrant II. That bearing is 330 degrees,
\n" ); document.write( "The first distance is 10 miles (20 min at 30 mph)
\n" ); document.write( "The second distance is 5 miles
\n" ); document.write( "Along the y-axis, that distance is another 2.5 miles left and upward (5/2) sqrt (3) miles\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The car has traveled at total of 15 miles. ANSWER
\n" ); document.write( "The horizontal leg is 12.5 miles, and the vertical leg is 4.33 miles.
\n" ); document.write( "The car's straight line distance from the station is 13.23 miles
\n" ); document.write( "The cosine of the angle from the horizontal (bearing 270) is 12.5/13.23=0.9449
\n" ); document.write( "That angle is 19.10 degrees, so the car is bearing 289.1 degrees or W 19.1 N or N 70.9 W ANSWER
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