Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 9 - Section 9.6 - Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates - Exercise Set - Page 1032: 58

Answer

$7.5\ mi$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Using the figure in the exercise and the given quantities, we have the angle $C=180^\circ-51^\circ-48^\circ=81^\circ$ Step 2. Using the Law of Sines, we have $\frac{sin48^\circ}{b}=\frac{sin81^\circ}{10}$ Thus $b=\frac{10sin48^\circ}{sin81^\circ}\approx7.5\ mi$
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