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A surveyor is marking a rectangular plot which is scheduled for decelopment. Standing on one corner the surveyor uses a laser sextant to determine that diagonal corner of thr rectangular plot, it lies 300m away at an angle of 40 degrees to the short side of the rectangle. Draw a diagram and find the dimensions of the rectangular plot. 

 Nov 3, 2015
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What you describe is impossible.......see the following pic to see why...... [ the dimensions are shown ]

 

 

The short side of the rectangle would be opposite the 40°  angle

 

The diagonal makes a 40° angle with the long side of the rectangle

 

 

 

cool cool cool

 Nov 3, 2015
edited by CPhill  Nov 3, 2015

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