Three warships A, B and C are at sea such that ship B is 500km on a bearing N30⁰E from ship A. Ship C is...

Three warships A, B and C are at sea such that ship B is 500km on a bearing N30⁰E from ship A. Ship C is 700km from
ship B on a bearing of 120⁰. An enemy ship D is sighted 800km due south of ship B.
(a) Taking a scale of 1cm to represent 100km, locate the positions of ships A,B, C and D. (4 Marks)
(b) Find the bearing of:
(i) Ship A from D
(ii) Ship D from C
(c) Use scale drawing to determine the distance between
(i) D and A
(ii) C and D
(d) Measure angle DAC and angle BCD

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sharon kalunda answered the question on April 26, 2019 at 12:18

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