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If a ship is traveling 44 north of straight west, what is its true bearing?

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If a ship is traveling 44 north of straight west, what is its true bearing?

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The true bearing of a direction is measured clockwise from the north.

Step 1: Start from due north which is 0 or 360 degrees.

Step 2: Since the ship is traveling north of west, we move in a clockwise direction.

Step 3: A straight west direction would be 270 degrees (90 degrees from the north in a clockwise direction).

Step 4: Since the ship is traveling 44 degrees north of this, we subtract 44 degrees from 270 degrees.

Step 5: 270 degrees - 44 degrees = 226 degrees.

So, the true bearing of the ship is 226 degrees.

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