Question

An airplane is at a location 800 miles west of city X. Another airplane is at a distance of 1,200 miles in a direction S 30° W from city X. What is the distance between the two airplanes to the nearest mile? Assume that the planes are flying at the same altitude.

646 miles

894 miles

1,058 miles

1,251 miles

Answer 1

Plot city X

Answer 2

go " 800 miles west" to plot airplane 1 (we'll call this point Y)

Answer 3

"Another airplane is at a distance of 1,200 miles in a direction S 30° W from city X"

when they say "S 30° W" that means you first start facing directly south

Answer 4

then you turn 30 degrees west after you face directly south