At 2.00 pm, a ship is at a position P from where a light house L is 12km away on a bearing of 320^o. At...

At 2.00 pm, a ship is at a position P from where a light house L is 12km away on a bearing of 320^o. At 4.00pm, the ship is at a position Q from where the lighthouse is now on a bearing of 035°. Given that the ship is traveling due West, find by calculation;
a) How far the lighthouse is from Q.
b) The speed of the ship.
c) The closest distance of the ship from the light house.
d) The lighthouse, point Q and point P were noted to be along the circumference of a circular field. Find the distance of P from the Centre of the field.

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sharon kalunda answered the question on August 6, 2019 at 11:42

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