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There is a thing called a continental drift. It started about 200 million years ago. At first the continents were all attached, this super continent was called pangaea. Continental drift occurs because of the shift of the tectonic plates within the earth's outer shell. The heat from within the earth triggers movement to occur. This a very slow process though. It took 200 million years for the continents to get where the are now and would probably take another 200 to collide.
It’s very big and very small numbers
Answer: Hello mate!
lets define the north as the y-axis and east as the x-axis.
Using the notation (x,y) we can define the initial position of the car as (0,0)
then the car travells 13 mi east, so now the position is (13,0)
then the car travels Y miles to the north, so the position now is (13, Y)
and we know that the final position is 25° degrees north of east of the initial position. This angle says that the distance traveled to the north is less than 13 mi because this angle is closer to the x-axis (or east in this case).
This angle is measured from east to north, then the adjacent cathetus is on the x-axis, in this case, 13mi
And we want to find the distance Y, so we can use the tangent:
Tan(25°) = Y/13
tan(25°)*13 mi = Y = 6.06 mi.
