bearings question
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Re: bearings questionRefering to my diagram, its the bearing of A from B, plus/minus theta.(Original post by zoxe)
same as tenofthem, how did you know the position of C1 and C2? -
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Re: bearings questionIt's certainly misleading, C1, so called, is not that close to North.(Original post by SubAtomic)
So the diagram in the OPs text book is completely wrong?
Mind you, mine's not much better for C2.Last edited by ghostwalker; 09-07-2012 at 22:30. -
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Re: bearings questionLove misleading questions, ending up with acute angles that are clearly obtuse using cosine rule, good old GCSE days(Original post by ghostwalker)
It's certainly misleading, C1, so called, is not that close to North.
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Re: bearings questionNo comment. (see C2).(Original post by TenOfThem)
I drew my diagram using the fact that theta was 78.6
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Re: bearings questionFrom this I gather it is still a good thing to take some diagrams with a ton of salt and just concentrate on the algebra and all the details which are written.(Original post by zoxe)
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That diagram had me puzzled.
That 70 needs to be 180-78.6Last edited by SubAtomic; 09-07-2012 at 22:59. -
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Re: bearings questionAfter doing these types of questions it seems that I have forgotten a lot of geometric rules learnt at GCSE :\, does anyone have a website which just summarises them?(Original post by SubAtomic)
From this I gather it is still a good thing to take some diagrams with a ton of salt and just concentrate on the algebra and all the details which are written.
That diagram had me puzzled.
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Re: bearings questionlol I had to refresh just to be sure I didn't confuse or make a fool of myself again(Original post by zoxe)
After doing these types of questions it seems that I have forgotten a lot of geometric rules learnt at GCSE :\, does anyone have a website which just summarises them?
I just checked out bitesize
