Difficult Maths Question

Original post by QwertyBio

I have a difficult maths question and was wondering whether somebody could talk me through it, if you are interested in helping somebody who is in a real neeeeeeeeeed please message me :smile:

Topic: Coordinates, Geometry, Bearings...

All in 1 Question lol

thanks

Post them here. What are the questions?

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Syed Institute

Original post by QwertyBio

I have a difficult maths question and was wondering whether somebody could talk me through it, if you are interested in helping somebody who is in a real neeeeeeeeeed please message me :smile:

Topic: Coordinates, Geometry, Bearings...

All in 1 Question lol

thanks

Post question please.

Reply 4

Kyx

Original post by QwertyBio

I have a difficult maths question and was wondering whether somebody could talk me through it, if you are interested in helping somebody who is in a real neeeeeeeeeed please message me :smile:

Topic: Coordinates, Geometry, Bearings...

All in 1 Question lol

thanks

Yes, it's always better to post questions here. You are more likely to get a response, and mistakes are more likely to be spotted :smile:

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Thanks for the responses guys,

This is the maths question, its part of a mock exam but most likely questions like this are going to come up, please if anybody can solve this and show working out, it would be a great help!

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Original post by Smack

I've moved this to the maths forum, where hopefully you'll get some help.

However, it's better that you just post the question rather than ask for PMs.

Thanks for the heads up friend!

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Original post by Syed Institute

Post question please.

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Doones

Original post by QwertyBio

Great. So now you need to post your working to let the good people here guide you. :smile:

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Original post by Doonesbury

Great. So now you need to post your working to let the good people here guide you. :smile:

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I'm finding it difficult to even start this, I tried converting the bearings to decimal degrees and going from there but I'm not sure on how to move forward from that!

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Anybody manage to get an idea?

Reply 11

Original post by QwertyBio

Anybody manage to get an idea?

What level is this question? A-Level or GCSE??

Reply 12

Boswell

Original post by RDKGames

Lol you ask him to post the Q but you don't seem ready to help. Is geometry not your strong points?

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Original post by Boswell

Lol you ask him to post the Q but you don't seem ready to help. Is geometry not your strong points?

I am doing the question right now though...

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This is uni work but first year - and majority is a level work. Just not understanding how to go about doing this, thanks to everyone who is trying

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Original post by Boswell

Lol you ask him to post the Q but you don't seem ready to help. Is geometry not your strong points?

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Reply 16

RichE

Original post by QwertyBio

I'm finding it difficult to even start this, I tried converting the bearings to decimal degrees and going from there but I'm not sure on how to move forward from that!

Can you work out the co-ordinates of the circle's centre and the circle's radius?

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Original post by RichE

Can you work out the co-ordinates of the circle's centre and the circle's radius?

I'm not understanding what the type of equation given is. If it's already in the correct form, would you not square root the 96.25 to get the radius?

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Original post by QwertyBio

This is uni work but first year - and majority is a level work. Just not understanding how to go about doing this, thanks to everyone who is trying

Okay fair enough. The numbers are disgusting but its doable. The key thing here is that the arc length is given by

r\theta

where

r

is the radius, and the

\theta

is the angle of the arc.

That diagram is extremely messy so here's the simple version:

Have a go at finding finding this angle, it really isn't anything difficult, just time consuming and the numbers aren't very nice.

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