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Two lighthouses are located 75 miles from one another on a north-south line. If a boat is spotted S 40o E from the northern ligh

yuradex [85]

Answer:

The northern lighthouse is approximately $24.4\; \rm mi$ closer to the boat than the southern lighthouse.

Step-by-step explanation:

Refer to the diagram attached. Denote the northern lighthouse as $\rm N$ , the southern lighthouse as $\rm S$ , and the boat as $\rm B$ . These three points would form a triangle.

It is given that two of the angles of this triangle measure $40^{\circ}$ (northern lighthouse, $\angle {\rm N}$ ) and $21^{\circ}$ (southern lighthouse $\angle {\rm S}$ ), respectively. The three angles of any triangle add up to $180^{\circ}$ . Therefore, the third angle of this triangle would measure $180^{\circ} - (40^{\circ} + 21^{\circ}) = 119^{\circ}$ (boat $\angle {\rm B}$ .)

It is also given that the length between the two lighthouses (length of $\rm NS$ ) is $75\; \rm mi$ .

By the law of sine, the length of a side in a given triangle would be proportional to the angle opposite to that side. For example, in the triangle in this question, $\angle {\rm B}$ is opposite to side $\rm NS$ , whereas $\angle {\rm S}$ is opposite to side ${\rm NB}$ . Therefore:

$\begin{aligned} \frac{\text{length of NS}}{\sin(\angle {\rm B})} = \frac{\text{length of NB}}{\sin(\angle {\rm S})} \end{aligned}$ .

Substitute in the known measurements:

$\begin{aligned} \frac{75\; \rm mi}{\sin(119^{\circ})} = \frac{\text{length of NB}}{\sin(21^{\circ})} \end{aligned}$ .

Rearrange and solve for the length of $\rm NB$ :

$\begin{aligned} & \text{length of NB} \\ =\; & (75\; \rm mi) \times \frac{\sin(21^{\circ})}{\sin(119^{\circ})} \\ \approx\; & 30.73\; \rm mi\end{aligned}$ .

(Round to at least one more decimal places than the values in the choices.)

Likewise, with $\angle {\rm N}$ is opposite to side ${\rm SB}$ , the following would also hold:

$\begin{aligned} \frac{\text{length of NS}}{\sin(\angle {\rm B})} = \frac{\text{length of SB}}{\sin(\angle {\rm N})} \end{aligned}$ .

$\begin{aligned} \frac{75\; \rm mi}{\sin(119^{\circ})} = \frac{\text{length of SB}}{\sin(40^{\circ})} \end{aligned}$ .

$\begin{aligned} & \text{length of SB} \\ =\; & (75\; \rm mi) \times \frac{\sin(40^{\circ})}{\sin(119^{\circ})} \\ \approx\; & 55.12\; \rm mi\end{aligned}$ .

In other words, the distance between the northern lighthouse and the boat is approximately $30.73\; \rm mi$ , whereas the distance between the southern lighthouse and the boat is approximately $55.12\; \rm mi$ . Hence the conclusion.

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3 years ago

What is the product of (3x + 1)(3x – 4)?<br> Step by step.

kvasek [131]

Answer:

9x^2-9x-3

Step-by-step explanation:

3x*3x=9x^2

3x*-4=-12x

1*3x=3x

1*-4=-3

9x^2-12x+3x-3

9x^2-9x-3

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3 years ago

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Factor the expression completely. 6×3- 4×2 – 16x A. 0 B. 2x(3×2 – 2x – 8) C. 2x(3x + 4)(x – 2) D. 4x(2x + 1)(x – 4) E. 2x(2×2 +

Ghella [55]

Answer:

<h3>The answer is option C</h3>

Step-by-step explanation:

6x³ - 4x² - 16x

To factorize the expression first factor out the GCF out

The GCF in the expression is 2x

That's

2x( 3x² - 2x - 8)

Next Factorize the terms in the bracket

To factorize write - 2x as a difference

that's

2x( 3x² + 4x - 6x - 8)

<u>Factor out x from the expression</u>

2x [ x( 3x + 4) - 6x - 8 ]

<u>Next factor out - 2 from the expression</u>

2x [ x ( 3x + 4) - 2( 3x + 4) ]

<u>Factor out 3x + 4 from the expression</u>

We have the final answer as

Hope this helps you

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3 years ago

Using the given points and line, determine the slope<br><br> (0,32) and (100,212)

suter [353]

To solve for the slope given two lines, use the formula:

(y₂ - y₁)
----------
(x₂ - x₁)

Set one of the points as (x₁, y₁), and the other as (x₂, y₂).

(x₁, y₁) = <span>(0,32)
</span>(x₂, y₂) <span>= (100,212)

plug into corresponding places:

</span>(y₂ - y₁) (212 - 32) (180)
---------- = -------------- = -------
(x₂ - x₁) (100 - 0) (100)

180/100 is your slope

If you want simplified, it will be: 9/5

hope this helps

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3 years ago

The rabbit population in a certain area is 200% of last year's population.There are 1,000 rabbits this year.how many were there

alexandr1967 [171]

the answer is 200%x=1000 which is =500 when you divide 1000 by 2. So 500 rabbits last year

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3 years ago