Question

The tee for the sixth hole on a golf course is 305 yards from the tee. On that hole, Marsha hooked her ball to the left, as sketched below. Find the distance between Marsha’s ball and the hole to the nearest tenth of a yard.

Answer 1

Answer:

Correct answer is option D. 96.4 yd.

Step-by-step explanation:

Please refer to the attached figure for labeling of the given diagram.

ABC is a triangle with the following labeling:

A is the hole, B is the Tee and C is the point where the ball is.

Sides are labeled as:

$a =255\ yd\\c = 305\ yd\\\angle B =17^\circ$

To find:

Side $b = ?$

Solution:

Here, we have one angle and two sides . Third side of the triangle is to be found opposite to the given angle.

We can use cosine formula here to find the value of the unknown side.

$cos B = \dfrac{a^{2}+c^{2}-b^{2}}{2ac}$

Putting all the values:

$cos 17 = \dfrac{255^{2}+305^{2}-b^{2}}{2\times 255\times 305}\\\Rightarrow 0.956 = \dfrac{65025+93025-b^{2}}{155550}\\\Rightarrow 148753.2= 158050-b^{2}\\\Rightarrow b^{2}= 158050-148753.2\\\Rightarrow b^{2}= 9296.795\\\Rightarrow b= 96.42\ yd$

So, the distance between the Ball and hole is 96.42 yd

Correct answer is option D. 96.4 yd.