IB skill practice

Model bearings with vectors

Represent bearings and navigation contexts using vectors.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 5

Model bearings with vectors - efficient method

A displacement of length 20 is travelled on a bearing of \(210^\circ\). Taking east as positive, enter the east component of the displacement.

Worked practice: result and interpretation

Calculate the requested result first, then choose the interpretation that follows from it.