Homework Help: physics

Posted by Alivia on Friday, October 8, 2010 at 1:35pm.

Aship leaves its home port expecting to travel to a port 400 km due south. Before it moves even 1 km, a severe storm blows it 150 km due east. In what direction must it travel to reach its destination?

physics - bobpursley, Friday, October 8, 2010 at 3:59pm
measuring angles from S to W,

TanTheta=150/400

It travels in the direction of Theta, W of S

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