Estimate your travel costs and to calculate your average speed and the speed of last year’s winner
The Olympic triangle
1.Draw a sketch of the short course triangle below, labeling the points A, B, and C. Don’t draw
it on your master map yet!
2. Draw the arrows to represent your path along the course.
3. Where do you start?
4. What are the measures for angles B and C?
5. What is the measure for angle A?
6. What do you know about the distance between each buoy?
7. The wind is blowing opposite to leg AB. Given the fact that you’re traveling in a
wind-powered boat, which leg of the course will take you the longest? Why?
