Two weather tracking stations are on the equator 146 miles apart. A weather balloon is located on a bearing of N 35°E from the western station and on a bearing of N 23°E from the eastern station. How far is the balloon from the western station?

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anonymous · Answer

I know that you need to use the law of sines

anonymous · Answer

you need the distance only

anonymous · Answer

how do you solve it?

anonymous · Answer

i can't seem to draw the thing correctly
do you have a picture?

anonymous · Answer

what? are u talking to yourself haha

anonymous · Answer

yeah i keep deleting my wrong posts
do you have a picture of this?

anonymous · Answer

i'll draw it

anonymous · Answer

no can you draw the triangle here using the draw tool?

anonymous · Answer

maybe similar to that one?

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