SOLUTION: Sheldon has a circular new train set with a radius of 2 feet. In the center of the track is the maintance shed for the track. If the engine moves from a position that is 2 feet d
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Question 1027302: Sheldon has a circular new train set with a radius of 2 feet. In the center of the track is the maintance shed for the track. If the engine moves from a position that is 2 feet due east of the shed for a distance of 4 feet and then breaks down, where does Sheldon send the crew to fix the train? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Sheldon has a circular new train set with a radius of 2 feet.
In the center of the track is the maintenance shed for the track.
If the engine moves from a position that is 2 feet due east of the shed for a distance of 4 feet and then breaks down, where does Sheldon send the crew to fix the train?
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Find the circumference of the track:
C =
C =
Find the number of degrees 4 ft is of the circumference * 360 = 114.6 degrees
Ref true north as 0 degrees, east is 90 degrees, the train broke down:
114.6 + 90 = 204.6 degrees from the maint shed or just about SSW of the shed
