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College Algebra & Trigonometry, 2018a

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500 CHAPTER 11. THE LAW OF SINES THE LAW OF COSINES<br />

Example 3<br />

A pilot leaves the airport in Bend, headed towards Corvallis with the bearing<br />

N70 ◦ W . He travels the 103 miles and makes a delivery before taking off and<br />

flying at a bearing of N25 ◦ E for 72 miles to arrive in Portland.<br />

P<br />

25 ◦<br />

C<br />

70 ◦<br />

B<br />

a) Based on this information, find the air distance between Portland and Bend.<br />

b) Find the bearing from Portland to Bend.<br />

In this problem, a diagram has been given. We’ll amend this to make it into a<br />

triangle:<br />

P<br />

C<br />

B

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