Question #bc067

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Jul 28, 2015

enter image source here Find Bearing of tucboat

Explanation:

Call C the position of the tugboat. and x the bearing from tugboat:
tan x = 53/36 = 1.47> Calculator gives --> x = 55.81 deg
Call distance AB = d. Use the Pythagorean Theorem:
d^2 = 53^2 + 36^2 = 2809 + 1296 = 4105 --> d = 64.07 km