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Originally Posted by Mighty Midget
The "IRL" problem was: At time t = 0 I had a ship at bearing x. 3 minutes later the bearing had changed to y, and 3 minutes later the bearing was z. From these data I wondered if I could calculate the ship's course.
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We GOT E!!!!
How?? Well Easy.. the full length of e is 6 minutes CONSTANT SPEED
Half an e is 3 minutes CONSTANT SPEED..
So when stated that line c (AC) should also be a known, I can say:
Line c (AC) is 5 minutes Long...
Knowing all angles @ A also you can EASILY calculate ALL remaining angles and Distances in degrees and Minutes of CONSTANT SPEED..
So let's say.. Angle Alfa (BAC) is 18* and Angle Beta (CAD) is 24*.
Now I COULD calculate the rest of it all.....
But not @ this hour... (and not without the proper tools (paper calculator))
So I'll get back on this some other time...
(If it's still an issue that needs to be solved)