SOLUTION: Chris lives in a U-shaped building. From his window, he sights Bethany’s window at a bearing of 328 degrees and Josef’s window at a bearing of 19 degrees. Josef’s window is 54 m fr

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Question 1035245: Chris lives in a U-shaped building. From his window, he sights Bethany’s window at a bearing of 328 degrees and Josef’s window at a bearing of 19 degrees. Josef’s window is 54 m from Bethany’s and both windows are directly opposite each other. How far is each window from Chris’s window?
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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draw your diagram of the bearing and then draw a triangle to work with as shown in the following diagram.

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follow the steps in the following diagrams.

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any questions, let me know and i'll answer as best i can.

your solutions are:

distance to josef's house is 58.926636 meters.

distance to bethany's house is 65.69937388 meters.