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My teacher has given this question as a review for our grade 12 trig final and the wording just plain confuses me!
An oil-drilling platform is located in the Gulf of Mexico 3.25 miles from the nearest point on shore. From a point B on the shore due east of A the bearing of the platform is S51.2W. How far is it from B to the platform?
I cant even draw the picture to do the problem... help!
Hi Alie,
The problem s confusing because the location of A is not specified. I think that the problem should read:
An oil-drilling platform is located in the Gulf of Mexico 3.25 miles due south of the nearest point A on shore. From a point B on the shore due east of A the bearing of the platform is S51.2W. How far is it from B to the platform?
Then the diagram I see is.
Does this help?
Penny