SOLUTION: From Lookout tower A, a park ranger views a column of smoke sighted due south. From lookout Tower B, which is 5 miles due west of tower A, a park ranger views the same smoke column
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Question 1105840: From Lookout tower A, a park ranger views a column of smoke sighted due south. From lookout Tower B, which is 5 miles due west of tower A, a park ranger views the same smoke column at 153 degrees. How far is the smoke column from Tower A? How far is the smoke column from tower B?
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From Lookout tower A, a park ranger views a column of smoke sighted due south. From lookout Tower B, which is 5 miles due west of tower A, a park ranger views the same smoke column at 153 degrees.
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This can be drawn out as a right triangle, where dist from B tower to the fire is the hypotenuse (h)
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How far is the smoke column from Tower A?
tan(153) =
d = 5*tan(153)
d = 2.5476 mi
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How far is the smoke column from tower B?
cos(153) =
h =
h = 5.61 mi
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