document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=960843>Question 960843</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> From the Pedimaxus International Airport a tour helicopter can fly to Cliffs of Insanity Point by following a bearing of N8.2°E for 194 miles and it can fly to Bigfoot Falls by following a bearing of S68.5°E for 206 miles. Find the distance between Cliffs of Insanity Point and Bigfoot Falls. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The angle between the two paths is 8.2+68.5 = 76.7 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The distance between Cliffs and Falls is the side opposite that angle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the Law of Cosines::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d^2 = 194^2 + 206^2 - 2*194*206*cos(76.7 degrees) = 79738.75<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distance = 282 miles when rounded to nearest whole number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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