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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Two people are standing 100m apart on the bank of a river that flows due east. If a rock on the opposite bank is along a bearing of N 24°E from one person and along a bearing of N 10°W from the other person, what is the width of the river?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Does that look about right?(I might have messed up on orienting the bearings though)|dw:1396094361888:dw|

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it seems right how do you solve though?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|dw:1396095208208:dw| Because of those 90 degree relations, we can derive the inner angles of the triangle with a base of 100m. Because of the sum of the interior angles of a triangle, we also know the third angle as well.

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