A luxury liner leaves a port on a bearing of 110 degrees and travels 8.8 miles. It then turns due west and travels 2.4 miles. Ho
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Answer:
a) 5.83 cm
b) 34.45°
Step-by-step explanation:
a) From Pythagoras theorem of right triangles, given right triangle ABC:
AB² + BC² = AC²
Therefore:
AC² = 5² + 3²
AC² = 25 + 9 = 34
AC = √34
AC = 5.83 cm
b) From triangle ACD, AC = 5.83 cm, AD = 4 cm and ∠A = 90°.
From Pythagoras theorem of right triangles, given right triangle ACD:
AD² + AC² = DC²
Therefore:
DC² = 5.83² + 4²
DC² = 34 + 16 = 50
DC = √50
DC = 7.07 cm
Let ∠ACD be x. Therefore using sine rule:
The root 
can be converted into the power 
. Therefore we can rewrite the problem as 
and then follow the exponent rules about a power to a power, multiplying 1/2 and 3/4 together.
Thus the problem becomes
, which then can be turned into ![\sqrt[8]{10} ^{3x}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%20%5Csqrt%5B8%5D%7B10%7D%20%5E%7B3x%7D)
, making the last option our answer.
Thus the problem becomes