BearingsBy Andre Lam (18)Lau Wai Soong (19)Ivan Leo (20)Lim Bing Wen (21)

Triangle Trigonometry

Content

0 Introduction0 What are bearings?0 Application in Triangle Trigonometry0 Application in Real Life

0 Sample Questions0 Activity (Try it yourself!)0 Question and Answer

Introduction

0 What are bearings?

0 From Wikipedia,0 A bearing is the angle between a line connecting two

points and a north-south line.

Key concepts

0 Just a quick revision of the three functions

0 Sine function (sin), defined as the ratio of the side opposite the angle to the hypotenuse.

0 Cosine function (cos), defined as the ratio of the adjacent leg to the hypotenuse.

0 Tangent function (tan), defined as the ratio of the opposite leg to the adjacent leg.

Application in Triangle Trigonometry

0 To cut a long story short, a bearing is the direction from one object to another. In air navigation, bearings are given as angles rotated clockwise from the north.

Application in Triangle Trigonometry

0 A ship travels on a N50° E course. The ship travels until it is due north of a port which is 10 nautical miles due east of the port from which the ship originated. How far did the ship travel?

Answer

0The angle opposite d is the complement of 50°, which is 40°. Therefore we can find d using the Cosine Function

0Cos40=a/h=10/d

0D(cos)40=10

0D=10/cos40=13.05 approx.

Application in Real Life

0 In Real Life, bearings are commonly used in three forms of navigation:0 Marine Navigation0 Aircraft Navigation0 Land Navigation

0 With the help of bearings, soldiers, divers and hikers alike will not get lost while exploring unknown or new territory!

Application in Real Life

0 According to the US Army, bearings can also be used in war-time conditions.

0 Bearings are able to:0 Determine the location of a foreign object or target0 Aid piloting of an aircraft0 Bring a drone from one position to another by remote0 Search and Rescue a lost soldier

Other Sample Questions

0 http://www.digitaldesk.org/resources/mathsweb/bearing1.htm

0 The above link will address more queries about the use of bearings and how bearings work.

0 Bearings 1 through Bearings 3 are sample questions.

Sample Questions

0 http://www.mathsteacher.com.au/year7/ch08_angles/07_bear/bearing.htm

0 This link uses some illustrations to explain the concept of bearings as well as many examples

0 It covers bearings and directions

Additional Sample Questions

0 http://www.absorblearning.com/mathematics/demo/units/KCA005.html#Directionanddistance

0 The above link also gives more info about bearings and has an interactive applet for users to apply what they know of bearings to navigate a ship.

Activity (Try it yourself!)

0 (Bing Wen) Please provide sample questions from some workbooks that range from easy to challenging and then paste them here. Get the class to write their answers on the board and present how they get these answers

Any Questions?

THANK YOU