Town B is 45 Km Due North of town A. Town C is 38 Km from Town A in a Direction of 062 Degrees. Calculate The Distance of Town B from Town C
So we have triangle ABC with AB = 45, AC = 38, and an included angle BAC = (90 - 62) = 28°
And we're looking for BC. We can use the Law of Cosines for this.
BC2 = AB2 + AC2 - 2(AB)(AC)cos28°
BC2 = (45)2 + (38)2 - 2(45)(38)cos28°
BC2 = 449.31923242222 ...and taking the square root, we have
BC ≈ 21.2 km
So we have triangle ABC with AB = 45, AC = 38, and an included angle BAC = (90 - 62) = 28°
And we're looking for BC. We can use the Law of Cosines for this.
BC2 = AB2 + AC2 - 2(AB)(AC)cos28°
BC2 = (45)2 + (38)2 - 2(45)(38)cos28°
BC2 = 449.31923242222 ...and taking the square root, we have
BC ≈ 21.2 km