document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=192911>Question 192911</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An airplane flies on a course of 130* at a speed of 1100 km/h. How far east of it starting point is it after 3 hours? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "d=vt=1100 km/hr * 3 hrs  =3300km  ,,  distance  along  hypotenuse\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sketching  a  triangle  with  east  as  one  leg,  hypotenuse  along  130 heading\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "supplement  of  130  is  50 deg,  which is  also  top  vertex  angle,  opposite  horizontal  line  that  is  east.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in  short,  sin  50  deg  =  x/3300,  or  x=3300*sin50 =  2527.9  </SPAN>\n" );
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