TIPS Solve This Word Problems With Bearings

The video tutorial provides tips for solving word problems involving bearings, a topic that often confuses students. It emphasizes the importance of drawing diagrams to visualize problems and explains how to use the law of cosines to find angles in a triangle. The tutorial demonstrates calculating bearings from a port to a ship and vice versa, using cardinal directions and angle relationships. The video concludes with a summary and additional resources for further learning.

What is the bearing from the port to the ship after it has traveled?

How do you find the bearing from the ship back to the port?

What is the final bearing from the ship to the port, and how is it calculated?