I am stuck on this question D: please help!!
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Scuba divers count fin strokes to estimate
the distance they have travelled under
water. Felipe uses this method and a
compass to swim 300 m north from the
dive boat. He then turns right 120° and
swims 400 m. How far from the boat is he,
to the nearest metre? In what direction
must Felipe swim to return to the boat?

Respuesta :

She's approximately 361 m from the boat. Since she turned 120 degrees and swimmed for 400 m, she went back a vertical distance of 400*1/2=200 m, so she's 300-200=100 m away vertically. Horizontally, her distance to the boat is 400*cos30=200*\sqrt(3) meters, and using pythagoren's theorem, the distance to the boat is 100*\sqrt(13)=361m.  Arctan (200*\sqrt(3)/100)=74 degrees, so she has to swim to south from west 90-74=16 degrees.