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A helicopter is stationed at an airport H on a bearing of 060⁰ and 800km from another airport P. A third airport J is on a...

A helicopter is stationed at an airport H on a bearing of 060⁰ and 800km from another
airport P. A third airport J is on a bearing of 1400 and 1200km from H.
a) Using a scale of 1cm rep. 100km.
(i) Show the relative positions of P, H and J
(ii) Determine the distance between P and J.
b) A jet flying at a speed of 1.035Km/hr left J towards P. The helicopter at H also took
off towards P at the same time. Find the speed at which the helicopter will fly so as to
arrive at P, 12 minutes later than the jet.

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