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Question 3

The accurate scale drawing shows the positions of two villages, village X X\,X and village YYY. 4 cm represents 1 km.

Scale drawing

a.

Find the real distance between village X X\,X and village YYY.

[1]
b.

Village Z Z\,Z is 2.2 km from Y Y\,Y on a bearing of 130∘130^\circ130∘.

Draw the position of village ZZZ, with a cross (×\times×), on the diagram.

[2]

Bearings Questions

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Practise OCR GCSE Maths Bearings with exam-style questions for Foundation and Higher tier. 32 questions, matched to the OCR GCSE Maths (J560) specification and written in the written papers style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.

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Angles in Parallel Lines
Angles in Polygons
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Volume of a Prism
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Loci and Construction
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Averages from Frequency Tables
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