document.write( "Question 1160701: Savio is on a hiking trip. On the first section
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document.write( "of the hike, he walks 5 km from the Loon
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document.write( "Campsite to the Owl Campsite. Then, he turns
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document.write( "and hikes 7 km to the Eagle Campsite, making
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document.write( "a 68° angle from the first section of the hike.
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document.write( "He then returns on the trail to the Loon
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document.write( "Campsite.
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document.write( "a) What is the distance from the Eagle
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document.write( "campsite to the Loon campsite, to the
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document.write( "nearest kilometre?
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document.write( "b) At what angles are the three campsites
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document.write( "situated with respect to each other? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #784086 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Draw this with Loon to right, Owl to the left and Eagle above Loon \n" ); document.write( "Law of cosines: c^2 (the distance from E to L)=a^2+b^2-2ab cos C \n" ); document.write( "c^2=74-70 cos 68=74-26.22 \n" ); document.write( "=47.78 \n" ); document.write( "c=6.91 km or 7 km\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Law of Sines \n" ); document.write( "6.91/sin 68=7/sin x \n" ); document.write( "sin x=7 sin 68/6.91=69.93 degrees for Owl Loon Eagle angle\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the third should be 42.07 degrees \n" ); document.write( "6.91/sin 68=5/ sin x \n" ); document.write( "so sin x=5 sin 68/6.91 \n" ); document.write( "=0.6709 \n" ); document.write( "sin(-1) 0.6709=42.13 degrees, within rounding error\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so angles are from O-L-E counterclockwise 68-70-42 degrees \n" ); document.write( " |