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6-3 Trig Applications

The document describes a ship leaving port A on a bearing of 030 degrees and sailing 25 km to point B. At point B, the ship changes direction to a bearing of 100 degrees and sails 40 km to reach point C. A second ship leaves port A and sails directly to point C. The summary asks to (a) find the distance the second ship will travel and (b) find the bearing of the course taken by the second ship.

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6-3 Trig Applications

The document describes a ship leaving port A on a bearing of 030 degrees and sailing 25 km to point B. At point B, the ship changes direction to a bearing of 100 degrees and sails 40 km to reach point C. A second ship leaves port A and sails directly to point C. The summary asks to (a) find the distance the second ship will travel and (b) find the bearing of the course taken by the second ship.

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Bearings

A ship leaves port A on a bearing of 030°. It sails a distance of 25 km to


point B.

At B, the ship changes direction to a bearing of 100°. It sails a distance of


40 km to reach point C.

A second ship leaves port A and sails directly to C.

(a) Find the distance the second ship will travel.


(b) Find the bearing of the course taken by the second ship
Trigonometry Word Problems

1. Juan and Romella are standing at the seashore 10 miles apart. The coastline is a straight
line between them. Both can see the same ship in the water. The angle between the coastline
and the line between the ship and Juan is 35 degrees. The angle between the coastline and the
line between the ship and Romella is 45 degrees. How far is the ship from Juan?

2. Jack is on one side of a 200 meters wide canyon and Jill is on the other. Jack and Jill can
both see the trail guide at an angle of depression of 60 degrees. How far are they from the
trail guide?

3. Tom, Derrick and Harry are camping in their tents. If the distance between Tom and
Derrick is 153 feet, the distance between Tom and Harry is 201 feet, and the distance between
Derrick and Harry is 175 feet, what is the angle between Derrick, Harry and Tom?

4. Three boat are at sea: Jenny one (J1), Jenny two (J2), and Jenny three (J3). The crew of J1
can see both J2 and J3. The angle between the line of sight to J2 and the line of sight to J3 is 45
degrees. If the distance between J1 and J2 is 2 miles and the distance between J1 and J3 is 4
miles, what is the distance between J2 and J3?

5. Airplane A is flying directly toward the airport which is 20 miles away. The pilot notices
airplane B 45 degrees to her right. Airplane B is also flying directly toward the airport. The
pilot of airplane B calculates that airplane A is 50 degrees to his left. Based on that
information, how far is airplane B from the airport?

6. A plane leaves HK International Airport and travels due west at 570km/h. Another plane
leaves 20 min later and travels 22o west of north at the rate of 585 km/h. To the nearest ten
km, how far apart are they 40 minutes after the second plane leaves?

7. Flight 104 and 217 are both approaching HK International Airport from directions directly
opposite one another and at an altitude of 25 km. The pilot on flight 104 reports an angle of
depression of 17.47 degrees to the tower, and the pilot on flight 217 reports an angle of
depression of 12.39 degrees to the tower. Calculate the distance between the planes.

8. Matt measures the angle of elevation of the peak of mountain as 35o. Susie, who is 1200
feet closer on a straight level path, measures the angle of elevation as 42o. How high is the
mountain?

9. A triangular playground has sides of lengths 475 m, 595 m, and 401 m. What are the
measures of the angles between the sides, to the nearest tenth of a degree?

10. A real estate agent has just take a trigonometry class at the local community college. She
is considering purchasing a piece of property and is waiting for the surveyor’s report before
closing the deal. If the surveyor submits a drawing as in the figure below, explain why the
agent will reject the sale.




11. The surveyor admits to his mistake and revises his drawing as in the next figure. This
time the real estate agent refuses to complete the deal until additional information is
supplied. What additional information is the real estate agent looking for to complete her
knowledge about the parcel of land?

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