Robbie the Robot is on a weather satellite orbiting Earth about 3600 km above the surface. The Earth’s radius is about 6400 km. He has had a malfunction in his output device, and the satellite is traveling without communication. His last report was only in terms of trigonometric values and was only partially received. It said, sin Θ

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Robbie the Robot is on a weather satellite orbiting Earth about 3600 km above the surface. The Earth’s radius is about 6400 km. He has had a malfunction in his output device, and the satellite is traveling without communication. His last report was only in terms of trigonometric values and was only partially received. It said, sin Θ < 0….. and then he was lost again.

anonymous · Answer

Part 1: Create a set of coordinates that would be reasonable for Robbie’s position in space and satisfy his last, partial report. Using complete sentences, describe Robbie’s location and your reasoning.

Part 2: What are the values of the sin Θ, cos Θ, and tan Θ using your coordinate point?

anonymous · Answer

when you guys are done here, do u mind helping me?

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

radius is $6400+3600=100,000$

anonymous · Answer

sine is negative so you could be in quadrant 3 or 4

anonymous · Answer

make up a first coordinate, make it easy

anonymous · Answer

@satellite73 are you there?