Assume that all triangles have interior angles less than 90°.A surveyor sights on a survey marker that is 132.3m distant. She ne
eded to turn her transit (her survey instrument) 75° to sight on a second survey marker. She knows that from the second marker, the angle between the line of site from her own position and the first marker is 68°. How far is she from the second marker?
1 answer:
Answer:
85.9 m
Step-by-step explanation:
The law of sines can help figure this.
The remaining angle in the triangle is ...
180° -75° -68° = 37°
This is the angle opposite the leg from the surveyor to the second marker. Referencing the attachment, we have ...
b/sin(B) = c/sin(C)
b = sin(B)·c/sin(C) = 132.3·sin(37°)/sin(68°) ≈ 85.873 . . . meters
The surveyor is about 85.9 meters from the second marker.
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