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Bearings and scale drawingIB MYP Maths Standard: Mind map

Bearings
Back bearings
Scales

Bearings and scale

direction and distance

clockwisenorththree figures
Scale drawings
With trigonometry
Real-life (D)

Exam questions on Bearings and scale drawing

  1. A ship sails from port AA to port BB on a bearing of 072∘072^\circ. Port CC is on a bearing of 162∘162^\circ from BB.
    Find the size of angle ABCABC.2 marks
  2. A map of an island has a scale of 1:50 0001:50\,000. The villages Karu and Mele are 6.46.4 cm apart on the map.
    Another map of the island has a scale of 1:25 0001:25\,000. Find the distance between Karu and Mele on this map.2 marks
  3. A walker leaves a hut HH and walks 88 km on a bearing of 040∘040^\circ to a lake LL. She then walks 66 km on a bearing of 130∘130^\circ to a summit SS.
    Show that angle HLSHLS is 90∘90^\circ and hence find the straight-line distance HSHS.3 marks
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Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).