Homework Help: Trigonometry

Posted by AwesomeGuy on Monday, February 4, 2013 at 1:36am.

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A ship leaves port at noon and has a bearing of S 29° W. If the ship sails at 20 knots, how many nautical miles south and how many nautical miles west will the ship have traveled by 6:00 P.M.?

Trigonometry - Steve, Monday, February 4, 2013 at 2:46am
x = -((18-12)*20)sin29°
y = same, but cos29°

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