SOLUTION: A jet left a town and travelled 30km on the bearing of 060°. It then flies south until it is 50km from the starting point .How far south did it go. leave your answer in surd form.
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Question 1157899: A jet left a town and travelled 30km on the bearing of 060°. It then flies south until it is 50km from the starting point .How far south did it go. leave your answer in surd form. Answer by Edwin McCravy(20065) (Show Source):
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The jet flies from A to B, and AB=30 km. Then from B to C, which is x km,
and AC = 50 km.
We use the law of cosines. We could have used the law of sines. Maybe
that would have been easier.
Edwin
