Question

An aircraft on a reconnaissance mission takes off from its home base and flies 550 miles at a bearing of S 46° E to a location in the sea. It then flies 483 miles from the sea at a bearing of S 55° W to another location. Finally, the aircraft flies straight back from the second location to its base. What is the total distance it flies, rounded to the nearest mile?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

If you're solving for the length of that side just use the pythagorean theorem so th hypotenuse or your missing side equals:
\[\sqrt{5.5^2+4.83^2}\]