From town P, a town Q is 60km away on a bearing South 80º East. A third town R is 100km from P on the...

From town P, a town Q is 60km away on a bearing South 80º East. A third town R is 100km from P on the bearing South 40º West.
A cyclist travelling at 20km/h leaves P for Q. He stays at Q for one hour and then continues to R. He stays at R for 1½ hrs and thenreturns directly to P.
(a) Calculate the distance of Q from R.
(b) Calculate the bearing of R from Q.
(c) What is the time taken for the whole round trip?

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sharon kalunda answered the question on April 29, 2019 at 05:47

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