Question

Two weather tracking stations are on the equator 146 miles apart. A weather balloon is located on a bearing of N 35°E from the western station and on a bearing of N 23°E from the eastern station. How far is the balloon from the western station?

Answer 1

@Luigi0210

Answer 2

@jcoury

Answer 3

@Nnesha

Answer 4

@peachpi

Answer 5

do you know all the angles in the triangle?

Answer 6

@lxoser

Answer 7

oh! okay, so i just plug in those angles into the law of sines?

Answer 8

so i do 146(sin55)/(sin12) and that gives me my answer? @peachpi

Answer 9

@jcoury @Luigi0210 @Nnesha