A boat in calm seas travels in a straight line and ends the trip 16 km west and 50 km north of its original position. Find the direction of the trip to the nearest tenth of a degree.

A.

72.3° west of north

B.

107.7° north of west

C.

162.3° south of west

D.

17.7° west of north

Question

A boat in calm seas travels in a straight line and ends the trip 16 km west and 50 km north of its original position. Find the direction of the trip to the nearest tenth of a degree.
	
A. 	
	
	 

72.3° west of north
 
	
B. 	
	
	 

107.7° north of west
 
	
C. 	
	
	 

162.3° south of west
 
	
D. 	
	
	 

17.7° west of north

pfenn1 · Answer

|dw:1336527147846:dw|Use the trigonometric function that uses the ratio of the length of the opposite side over the adjacent side.