Lighthouse

Here is a classic question, given the height of a lighthouse (PQ), the bearings of two ships and the respective angle of depression, can you find the distance between the two ships (ST)? The bearings and the angles of depression can be adjusted, the view can also be rotated. Try the top view and some side views to reveal the triangles that need to be solved.

 

Sham

 
Tipo de recurso
Actividad
Etiquetas
bearing  cosine  distance  height  law  lighthouse  ship  sine  trigonometry 
Grupo destino (edad)
15 – 18
Idioma
English (United States)
 
 
Licencia
CC-BY-SA, GeoGebra Terms of Use
Recursos derivados
Lighthouse
Compartido por R. Shawver
 
 
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