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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.

 Mar 11, 2016
edited by Guest  Mar 11, 2016
edited by Guest  Mar 11, 2016
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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)

 Mar 11, 2016
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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)=720960sin(20)sin(B)=0.750.34202014333sin(B)=0.25651510749B=arcsin(0.25651510749)B=14.8633809491

 

2.  C?

C=180(A+B)C=180(20+14.8633809491)C=18034.8633809491C=145.136619051

 

3. sin - rule c?

csin(C)=960sin(20)c=960sin(C)sin(20)c=960sin(145.136619051)sin(20)c=9600.571621578690.34202014333c=9601.67130968701c=1604.45729953

 

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 Mar 11, 2016

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