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I drove on a bearing of 220 degrees from Vegas to LA . LA is 80km west of Vegas. How far is it to LA?

 May 7, 2015

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A bearing of 220 degrees sets up a triangle with an apex angle of 40 degrees and an opposite side of 80km.....and we're trying to find the hypotenuse....so we have

sin40 = 80/ d      where d is the distance we want

Rearrange as

d  = 80 / sin 40 =   about 124.5 km 

 

 

  

 May 7, 2015
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Best Answer

A bearing of 220 degrees sets up a triangle with an apex angle of 40 degrees and an opposite side of 80km.....and we're trying to find the hypotenuse....so we have

sin40 = 80/ d      where d is the distance we want

Rearrange as

d  = 80 / sin 40 =   about 124.5 km 

 

 

  

CPhill May 7, 2015

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