You are hiking and are trying to determine how far away the nearest cabin is, which happens to be due north from your current po
sition. Your friend walks 245 yards due west from your position and takes a bearing on the cabin of N 22.6°E. How far are you from the cabin? answer asap and ill give you a pat on the back
1 answer:
Answer:
101.98 yards.
Step-by-step explanation:
Please refer to the diagram that I drew (sorry for the messiness; I do not own a stylus and so I was using my mouse to try to draw it).
Since the triangle is a right triangle, you can use SOH CAH TOA. In this case, you are trying to figure out the opposite length, but you are given the adjacent. So, we will use tangent to solve this (TOA = Tangent, Opposite over Adjacent).
The angle is 22.6 degrees, and the tangent of the angle is equivalent to the opposite length, x, divided by the adjacent length, 245 yards.
tan(22.6) = x / 245
x / 245 = tan(22.6)
x = tan(22.6) * 245
x = 0.4162598242 * 245
x = 101.9836569
So, you are about 101.98 yards from the cabin.
Hope this helps!
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