How am I suppose to go about solving this which sides are the legs? Is the line of sight the hypotenuse?
From a ship traveling along the east coast of Maine on a course of 33º, the navigator sights a lighthouse. The line of sight to the lighthouse forms a right angle with the ship’s line of travel. Find the bearing of the lighthouse. ***Bearing is the angle formed from North to the line of sight from the ship to the lighthouse.

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How am I suppose to go about solving this which sides are the legs? Is the line of sight the hypotenuse?
From a ship traveling along the east coast of Maine on a course of 33º, the navigator sights a lighthouse. The line of sight to the lighthouse forms a right angle with the ship’s line of travel. Find the bearing of the lighthouse. ***Bearing is the angle formed from North to the line of sight from the ship to the lighthouse.

anonymous · Answer

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is the side opposite the right angle.|dw:1392131063420:dw|

anonymous · Answer

isnt the line of sight normally the hypotenuse?
would I use law of sines?

anonymous · Answer

Is this a trigonometry question?

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

I am currently taking geometry.