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mometry (Chapter 15) 331 EXERCISE 15E A. Draw diagrams to represent bearings from O of a 136° b 240° © 051° a a7 2 Find the bearing of Q from P if the bearing of P from Q i a 054" b 13° © 2 3° @ 304° 3 A,B and C are the checkpoints of a triangular orienteering course. For each of the following courses, find the bearing of iB from A Wi C from B Wil B from C Ww C from A v A from B vi A from C. a N b N BD abyisic N N N 7 lars bs . 246° a 279 A 4 A bushwalker walks 14 km east and then 9 km south. Find the bearing of his finishing position from his starting point. 5 Runner A runs at 10 km/h due north, Runner B leaves the same spot and runs at 12 km/h due east. Find the distance and bearing of runner B from runner A after 30 minutes. 6 A hiker walks in the direction 153° and stops when she is 20 km south of her starting point. How far did she walk? TAs ip sails for 60 km on a bearing 040°. How far east of its starting point is the ship? 8 Natasha is 50 m due east of Michelle. Natasha walks 20 m due north, and Michelle walks 10 m due south. Find the distance and bearing of Michelle from Natasha now. 9 An aeroplane travels on a bearing of 295° so that it is 200 km west of its starting point. How far has it travelled on this bearing? 20 A fishing trawler sails from port P in the direction 024° for 30 km, and then in the direction 114° for 20 km. Caleulate: ‘@ the distance and bearing of the trawler from P b the direction in which the trawler must sail in order to return to P. - [Gi EBIMENSIONAL PROBLEM SoLviNG (8.7) Right angled triangles occur frequently in 3-dimensional figures. We can use Pythagoras’ theorem and trigonometry to find unknown angles and lengths.

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