Question

Right Triangle problem Solving Trig help

Answer 1

An airplane travels at 150 km/h for 2 hr in a direction of 138 degrees from Omaha. At the end of this time, how far east of Omaha is the plane?

Answer 2

you need to find x

the hypotenuse of the right triangle is 150 km/hr times 2...

Answer 3

@kittenlover731 where would x be?

Answer 4

Dont use pythgs use trig values

Answer 5

set your origin to be omaha so

\[\cos(138)=\frac{ a }{ 300 }\]

Answer 6

cos(theta) = adjacent/hypotenus

Answer 7

@RyanL But if I were to do the above equation, I would get a negative length of -222.94

Answer 8

@RyanL