Question

A ship is traveling around the outside rim of an island surveying a good place to land. If it is 10 miles from a lighthouse at the center of the island and 45° from due north, how far has the ship traveled from the most northern tip of the island to the nearest tenth?
@ganeshie8

Answer 1

@cwrw238

Answer 2

Circumference of island = 2*pi*10 miles.
That embraces 360 degrees.
45 degrees change in bearing = (45/360)*2*pi*10 miles
= (5/2)*pi miles

Answer 3

78?

Answer 4

@secret66

Answer 5

What's (5/2)*3.14?

Answer 6

7.85

Answer 7

Yeah...