Question

A ship sails 15km east, then 10km south. Find its true bearing from its starting point (to the nearest minute) .
I used Tan ^-1 (0.67) and got 33.82? Would that be the answer?

Answer 1

It will be 123degrees41minutes because you need to add the extra 90degrees from the North -> East

Answer 2

Just a tip, when using basic trig, don't convert the fractions to decimals as you will not get the "most correct" answer

Answer 3

Ok I'll keep that in mind. Just one more question. How did you get 41 minutes.

Answer 4

tan^-1(10/15)

Answer 5

Thanks