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A ship B is on bearing of 080⁰ from port A and at a distance of 95km.

A ship B is on bearing of 080⁰ from port A and at a distance of 95km. Another ship is stationed at port D which is on a bearing of 200⁰ from A and a distance of 124km from B. A ship leaves B and moves directly to island P which is on a bearing of 140⁰ from A.

(a) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 10km, make a scale drawing to show the relative positions of A, B, D and P.
(b) Hence find:-
(i) The distance from A to D.
(ii) The bearing of D from B.
(iii) The bearing of P from D.
(iv) The distance from P to D.

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1cm rep 10km

Wilfykil answered the question on August 19, 2019 at 12:15

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