Four ships are at sea, such that ship B is 520km on a bearing of 210⁰ from ship A. Ship C is due North of ship...

Four ships are at sea, such that ship B is 520km on a bearing of 210⁰ from ship A. Ship C is
due North of ship B and due west of ship A. The fourth ship D is 100km on a bearing of 340⁰
from ship A and 240km on a bearing of 070⁰ from C.
(a) Draw a rough sketch showing the positions of ships A, B, C and D.
(b) Use your sketch to find the size of
(i) angle ADC
(ii) angle BAD
(c) calculate to the nearest whole number
(i) the distance of C from A.
(ii) the area of the quadrilateral ABCD.
(iii) determine the bearing of B from D

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sharon kalunda answered the question on August 6, 2019 at 13:19

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