Question 1159036: Two coast guard ships, the Alpha and the Beta, are 3000ft apart. The angles from a line between the Coast Guard ships to a disabled ship are shown in the diagram at the right. How far is the disabled ship from each Coast Guard ship? Round your answers to the nearest foot. ( 45 degrees left corner , 35 degrees right corner, and the hypotenuse side of the triangle is 3000ft as stated)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Something is wrong in the descriptive part for your missing diagram.
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( 45 degrees left corner , 35 degrees right corner, and the hypotenuse side of the triangle is 3000ft as stated)
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Those angles do not make for a right triangle and so this triangle has NO hypotenuse.
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okay, then not a hypotenuse; just the long side is 3000. The angle opposite is 100 degrees. You can use Law Of Sines.
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