Dec 2011 Problem

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Give me Direction

Compute the two missing bearings on the following traverse.

 

Solvers

   
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Name
Rec'd Comments
 6 10 4
20
Dave Tlusty 3 Jan Correct bearings; Dave loves his PacSoft.
 6 8  5+3  22 Ben Larson 9 Jan Manual comps with CAD check to get  correct directions.
 6 6  5+3  20 Richard Stenzel
13 Jan Richard also arrived at the correct directions using manual comps and a  CAD check.
 4 4
 5  13  Matt Huddelson
31 Jan Matt is with the Math Dept at Wash State Univ. Rounding in comps left him 2 minutes off.
 4 2
 4  10  Bill Karpen
2 Feb
Bill used a trial and error CAD approach which got him within 15" on one bearing and 35" on the other.
 6 2
 4  12 Kong Perales 2 Feb  Kong used Traverse PC software to correctly determine the directions.
 6  2  2  10 Chet Nowaczyk
10 Feb
 Chet resorted to his "old PC 1600 and a protractor" to scale and trial-and-error compute the correct bearings.
             

 

 

 


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