A pilot flies in a straight path for 1 hour and 30 min. She then makes a course correction, heading 10 degrees to the right of her original course, and flies 2 hours in the new direction. If she maintains a constant speed of 615 miles per hour, how far is she from her starting position?

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anonymous · Answer

1 Try drawing it as a triangle, dividing the information into two parts and using the third side to find the answer. 
2 How do you find distance given speed and time? Find the distances for each of the two parts and you have the lengths of the sides of the triangle.
3 Use the angle given to complete the triangle.
4 Given the angle opposite the side and the lengths of the adjacent sides, how are you going to find the length of the other side?
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anonymous · Answer

well i did draw the triangle c=10? speed = timexspeed right?

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

is this correct?

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

Sorry, Internet connection went hazy. The side lengths are correct. How did you get 10 degrees for that angle, though?

anonymous · Answer

idk i thought because she went 10degrees to the right that was the angle

anonymous · Answer

It's definitely the right way to go about it, but if she turned 10 degrees to the right it would mean this angle was 10 degrees: 
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