SOLUTION: A boat leaves the entrance of a harbor and travels 19 miles on a bearing of N 14 E. How many miles north and how many miles east from the harbor has the boat traveled?

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Question 1008955: A boat leaves the entrance of a harbor and travels 19 miles on a bearing of N 14 E. How many miles north and how many miles east from the harbor has the boat traveled?
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A boat leaves the entrance of a harbor and travels 19 miles on a bearing of N 14 E. How many miles north and how many miles east from the harbor has the boat traveled?
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N14E --> 76 degs wrt the x-axis
Distance N = 19*sin(76)
Distance E = 19*cos(76)
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Boats and aircraft don't use "N14E"
That's a heading of 014 degrees.
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