960^2=720^2+c^2−2(720)(c)*cos(20) solve for c with steps
EDIT: Here is the problem I based it off of.
Captain Malloy is flying a passenger jet. He is heading east at 720km/hr when he sees an electrical storm straight ahead. He turns the jet 20 degrees to the north to avoid the storm and continues in this direction for 1 hr. Then he makes a second turn, back toward his original flight path. Eighty minutes after his second turn, he makes a third turn and is back on course. By avoiding the storm, how much time did Captain Malloy lose from his original flight plan.
Solve for c:
921600 = 518400+c^2-1440 c cos(20°)
921600 = 518400+c^2-1440 c cos(20°) is equivalent to 518400+c^2-1440 c cos(20°) = 921600:
518400+c^2-1440 c cos(20°) = 921600
Subtract 518400 from both sides:
c^2-1440 c cos(20°) = 403200
Add 518400 cos(20°)^2 to both sides:
c^2-1440 c cos(20°)+518400 cos(20°)^2 = 518400 cos(20°)^2+403200
Write the left hand side as a square:
(c-720 cos(20°))^2 = 518400 cos(20°)^2+403200
Take the square root of both sides:
c-720 cos(20°) = sqrt(518400 cos(20°)^2+403200) or c-720 cos(20°) = -sqrt(518400 cos(20°)^2+403200)
Add 720 cos(20°) to both sides:
c = sqrt(518400 cos(20°)^2+403200)+720 cos(20°) or c-720 cos(20°) = -sqrt(518400 cos(20°)^2+403200)
Add 720 cos(20°) to both sides:
Answer: | c = sqrt(518400 cos(20°)^2+403200)+720 cos(20°) or c = 720 cos(20°)-sqrt(518400 cos(20°)^2+403200)
960^2=720^2+c^2−2(720)(c)*cos(20) solve for c with steps
This is a triangle ( cos - rule )
We have a=960, b=720, A=20∘
1. sin - rule B?
sin(B)720=sin(20∘)960sin(B)=720960⋅sin(20∘)sin(B)=0.75⋅0.34202014333sin(B)=0.25651510749B=arcsin(0.25651510749)B=14.8633809491∘
2. C?
C=180∘−(A+B)C=180∘−(20∘+14.8633809491∘)C=180∘−34.8633809491∘C=145.136619051∘
3. sin - rule c?
csin(C)=960sin(20∘)c=960⋅sin(C)sin(20∘)c=960⋅sin(145.136619051∘)sin(20∘)c=960⋅0.571621578690.34202014333c=960⋅1.67130968701c=1604.45729953