, , and are four villages located on an island, where is due north of .
, , , .
Angle and angle is obtuse.

- (a)
Show that is due east of .
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- (b)
Find the bearing of from .
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- (c)
A villager took the shortest route to jog from Village to Village at a constant speed of 9.5 km/h. Find the time taken by the villager to jog from Village to Village . Give your answers in minutes and seconds, correct to the nearest ten seconds.
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4(a)
1. Calculate the sum of the squares of the two shorter sides of triangle PQR.
2. Calculate the square of the longest side and compare.
Since , by the converse of Pythagoras' theorem, is a right-angled triangle with .
3. Use the bearing information to conclude the relative position of P.
We are given that is due north of , which means the line segment lies on the North-South axis.
Since and from the given layout is to the right of the North-South line , must be due east of .
Since , . As is due north of , is due east of .
4(b)
1. Find angle PRQ using right-angled trigonometry
In , since is due east of and is due north of , .
2. Find the obtuse angle PSR using the Sine Rule
In , using the Sine Rule:
Since is obtuse:
3. Find angle PRS
Using the sum of angles in :
4. Calculate the bearing of S from R
Since is due north of , the bearing of from is the angle .
Bearing (to 1 d.p.)
4(c)
1. Find angle $PRS$ using the sine rule in triangle $PRS$.
Using the sine rule in :
Since is obtuse:
2. Find angle $QRS$ by adding angle $PRQ$ and angle $PRS$.
In right-angled (since is due east of and is due north of ):
3. Calculate the distance $QS$ using the cosine rule in triangle $QRS$.
Using the cosine rule in :
4. Calculate the time taken to jog from $Q$ to $S$ and round to the nearest ten seconds.
Speed
Time taken
Correct to the nearest ten seconds, the time is .
5 min 20 s
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