Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.1 - The Law of Sines - Exercise Set - Page 722: 58

Answer

a. $11110\ ft$ b. $ 4556\ ft$ c. $4162\ ft$

Work Step by Step

a. Step 1. Based on the given conditions, we can identify angle $\angle ABC=180^\circ-66^\circ=114^\circ$; thus angle $C=180^\circ-22^\circ-114^\circ=44^\circ$. We also know $1.6\ mi = 1.6\times5280=8448\ ft$ Step 2. Using the Law of Sines, we have $\frac{sin114^\circ}{b}=\frac{sin44^\circ}{8448}$; thus $b=\frac{8448sin114^\circ}{sin44^\circ}\approx 11110\ ft$ b. Using the Law of Sines, we have $\frac{sin22^\circ}{a}=\frac{sin44^\circ}{8448}$; thus $a=\frac{8448sin22^\circ}{sin44^\circ}\approx 4556\ ft$ c. Using the right triangle given in the figure of the exercise, we have $sin22^\circ=\frac{h}{b}$; thus $h=11110sin22^\circ\approx 4162\ ft$ or using another right triangle, $h=4556sin66^\circ\approx 4162\ ft$
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