Bearing...8

[nycmathguy]

John spots a shark directly north from his location. Janet is 500 feet east of John and spots the shark at a bearing of N 32° W. How far is John from the shark?

 

[MathLover1]

correct

 

[nycmathguy]

correct

Of course, these are not challenging bearing problems. I am sure there are far more complicated applications our there.