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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

When it says direction of the trip, where is your starting point of 0 degrees? Due east, or due north, or due west?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If 0 degrees is due east then the answer is 180-arctan(53/22)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Their answer of 23 degrees is likely based on assuming that 0 degrees is due north

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the direction is measured with respect to true north.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

In that case the answer would be 22.54 degrees west of true north

OpenStudy (anonymous):

About 337.5 deg.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

in navigation the angle is measured wrt north.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Rounded to nearest tenth, as indicated in the problem.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

dpalnc is correct. For navigation, angles are measured from zero to 360 degrees clockwise from North. North is usually referred to by 360, instead of zero.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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