Question

An airplane leaves an airport and flies due west 150 miles and then 170 miles in the direction S 49.17°W. How far is the plane from the airport (round to the nearest mile)?

Answer 1

I got ~300 mi?

Answer 2

Its not right is it?

Answer 3

@Loser66

Answer 4

@zzr0ck3r

Answer 5

Anyone?...

Answer 6

you need to use trigonometry to find x and y
then pythagoras to find d.

what did you get for x?
for Y?

Answer 7

i used the law of cosines formula?

Answer 8

b^2=a^2+c^2-2ac(cosB)

Answer 9

and then found the sqrt to ge tb which was about 300...my answer

Answer 10

yes, that will work if you use angle = 90+49.17