F3 Maths HW 7 – Bearings – 16032020

Recap:

In this HW, unless otherwise specified, give your answers correct to 3 significant figures if necessary. Please
copy figures in your HW (with simple lines and labels). Remember to write the names of the sides and angles
clearly at first, then show your working steps.

1. Refer to the figure, find

(a) the compass bearing of A from O,
(b) the true bearing of O from A.

2. The figure shows a track ABCD. Find the true bearings and compass bearings of
(a) C from D,
(b) B from A.

3. In the figure, two ships B and C leave port A at the same time. Ship B sails in the
direction N73°E for 64 km and ship C sails in the direction S17°E for 50 km.
(a) What is the distance between B and C?
(b) In what direction is B from C? (Answer in true bearing/compass bearing)

4. In the figure, two islands A and B are due south of a ship at O. After the ship has sailed
5 km due east to C, the true bearings of A and B from C are 252° and 208° respectively.
Find the distance between A and B.