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OTHER TOPICS - PART A
TARGET 17B
• A bearing is a direction travelled, given as an angle in degrees.
• All bearings are measured clockwise from the Northline.
• All bearings are given as 3 figures, e.g.
045° rather than just 45°
025° rather than just 25°
Example:
N
The bearing of A from B is 045°
A
45 o
B
What is the bearing of A from B in the examples below?
1) 2)
N A N
20 o
A
B B
3) 4) N
N
B
o
225
o
100
B
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