Question

Two cars leave the same station at the same time. One travels at 30 kilometres per hour on a course of N 75 degrees E and the other at 40 kilometers per hour on a course of S 15 degrees W. What is the distance of the two cars after 2 hours?

Answer 1

find the distance travelled by both the cars after 2 hrs .. and since the angle between them is 90 degree .. so the the distance between them will be the hypotenuse

Answer 2

r u getting my points

Answer 3

yeah, can you illustrate it?

Answer 4

first find the distance travelled

Answer 5

how do i find the distance?

Answer 6

have u calculated them?

Answer 7

distance = speed*time .. so calculate the distance

Answer 8

the distances are 60 and 80 kilometers.. so distance between them is \[\sqrt{(60)^2 +(80)^2}\]

Answer 9

that is 10 kilometers

Answer 10

i mean, how do you solve it using trigonometry?

Answer 11

that was easy .. so .. :)