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IGCSE Bearings: Calculating Directions

The document discusses bearings and how to calculate the bearing of one point from another. It provides examples of calculating the bearings between several pairs of points based on diagrams showing their positions. The bearings are measured in degrees clockwise from north and provided either directly from the diagrams or through calculations based on the information given.

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IGCSE Bearings: Calculating Directions

The document discusses bearings and how to calculate the bearing of one point from another. It provides examples of calculating the bearings between several pairs of points based on diagrams showing their positions. The bearings are measured in degrees clockwise from north and provided either directly from the diagrams or through calculations based on the information given.

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GEOMETERY − Bearing

NAME: ……………………………………………
CLASS: 10 …………
DATE: …………………………..

Bearing is an angle that states the direction of one position from another. Compass direction
Bearing must be
North
(1) in three-digit form,
(2) measured in a clockwise direction and
(3) measured from the north.
West East
However, in this section of the chapter, we will look into
calculating the bearing a position from another position rather
than drawing and measuring the bearing by accurate drawing.
South
State the bearing of
(a) point R from point S. (b) point T from point U.
N
N
R

35° U
T
70°
S
(c) point V from point W. N (d) point X from point Y.
N

W X 80°
V 72°
Y

The diagram shows the positions of points A and B.


N
Find the bearing of point B from point A.

125°
B
A

0580 IGCSE Mathematics/Extended/2020/Year 10 1


The diagram shows the position of points L, M and K which lie on a
horizontal plane.
N
Given that LM = LK, find the bearing of point K from point M.
M

55°
76°
L K

In the diagram, E, F and G are three points on a horizontal plane.


Find the bearing of F from G. N

125°
E

28° F
G

0580 IGCSE Mathematics/Extended/2020/Year 10 2

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