An airplane flies 200 km due west from city A to city B and then 275 km in the direction of 26.0° north of west from city B to city C. (a) In straight-line distance, how far is city C from city A?
Relative to city A, in what direction is city C?
(c) Why is the answer only approximately correct?

Respuesta :

Answer:

(a) 463.13 km, approximately

(b) 15.09° north of west, approximately

(c) Is only approximately correct because its calculation involves trigonometric functions and square roots that, in this case, cannot been simplified, but rounded.

Explanation:

By depicting a triangle ABC,

(a) the length AC is given by [tex]\sqrt[2]{AB^2+BC^2-2*AB*BC*\cos{\theta_B}} =\sqrt[2]{200^2-275^2-2*200*275*\cos{154}}\approx463.13[/tex]

(b) [tex]\theta_A=\asin{\frac{BC}{AC}\sin{\theta_B}}=\asin{\frac{275}{463.13}\sin{154}}\approx 15.09\deg[/tex]