Question

An airplane flies 160 miles from point A in the direction 150° and then travels in the direction 255° for 60 miles. Approximately how far is the airplane from A?

Answer 1

do you know the law of cosines?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

Draw a picture... you should get a triangle with 2 known legs and a known angle (if you work it out). Use the law of cosines to find the 3rd leg

Answer 4

it should look like this