A car travels on a bearing of 025 degrees along a straight path for 3.8km. Then it travels East for another 4.7km. Find:
a) The total distance travelled North
b) The total distance travelled East
c) The distance between the initial and the final positions

Question

A car travels on a bearing of 025 degrees along a straight path for 3.8km. Then it travels East for another 4.7km. Find:
a) The total distance travelled North
b) The total distance travelled East
c) The distance between the initial and the final positions

anonymous · Answer

|dw:1377480054169:dw| This is what I have been able to sketch to my understanding of the question. I have worked out a) to be 3.4km and B) to  be 6.3km, but you're probably best off doing them anyway in case I made errors. I need help primarily with c)