A plane flies a course of 346 degrees and then turns through 30 degrees in the clockwise direction. Find its new bearing.
Since the plane from starting point covers a bearing of 346 degrees it's now going to be in the NW direction but going 30 more degrees clockwise that's already more than 360....please i'm confused
346° + 30° = 376°
= 360° + 16°
= 1 rotation + 16°<----- same as a direction of 16°
To find the new bearing of the plane, we need to add the initial course of 346 degrees with the clockwise turn of 30 degrees.
First, let's check if the sum exceeds 360 degrees. If it does, we need to subtract 360 from the total to get the new bearing within the range of 0 to 360 degrees.
346 + 30 = 376
Since 376 is greater than 360, we subtract 360 from it.
376 - 360 = 16
Therefore, the new bearing of the plane is 16 degrees.