SOLUTION: A girl is flying two kites at the same time. She has 380 ft of line out to one kite and 420 ft to the other. She approximates the angle between the two lines to be 30◦ Approx

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Question 1076636: A girl is flying two kites at the same time. She has 380 ft of line out to one kite and 420 ft to the other. She approximates the angle between the two lines to be 30◦ Approximate the distance between the two kites.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39792) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two sides and included angle between them;

420%5E2%2B380%5E2-2%2A420%2A380%2Acos%2830%29=d%5E2

d=sqrt%28420%5E2%2B380%5E2-2%2A420%2A380%2Asqrt%283%29%2F2%29, compute this d.