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To calculate:The bearing the pilot should take to fly directly to the airport.
Answer to Problem 46E
Final answer
Explanation of Solution
Given information:A plane is 160 miles north and 85 miles east of an airport.
Formula used:
In a triangle
Calculation:
Since the plane is 160 miles north and 85 miles east of an airport, a sketch representing this situation is given below
Here it can be observed in the sketch above that the Airport is inclined
Using the results of equation (2) in equation (1)
Hence the bearing the pilot should take to directly fly to the airport is
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