document.write( "Question 1203521: Town Q is 11km due east of town P,while town R is 7km on the bearing of S65°E of town P.(a) using scale drawing, show the position of P,Q and R use a scale of 1cm to 1km
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document.write( "(b) from your drawing, measure and record the distance between Q and R. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #839166 by math_tutor2020(3817)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "PQ = 11 \n" ); document.write( "PR = 7 \n" ); document.write( "QR = x\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Law of cosines \n" ); document.write( "c^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2ab*cos(C) \n" ); document.write( "x^2 = 7^2 + 11^2 - 2*7*11*cos(25) \n" ); document.write( "x^2 = 30.428600796356 \n" ); document.write( "x = sqrt(30.428600796356) \n" ); document.write( "x = 5.5162125408976\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The distance from Q to R is about 5.516 km. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |