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Airplane A is flying directly toward the airport which is 30 miles away. The pilot notices Airplane B 40 degrees to her right. Airplane B is also flying directly toward the airport. The pilot of Airplane B calculates that Airplane A is 30 degrees to his left. Based in that information, how far is Airplane B from the airport?

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Answer:

  38.6 mi

Step-by-step explanation:

The law of sines applies.

  b/sin(B) = a/sin(A)

  a = b(sin(A)/sin(B)) = (30 mi)sin(40°)/sin(30°)

  a ≈ 38.6 mi

Airplane b is about 38.6 miles from the airport.

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We have used the usual convention that the side opposite an angle is named using the lower-case letter naming the angle. Here, the angles are named by the airplane designator (A or B).

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Answer:

We have used the usual convention that the side opposite an angle is named using the lower-case letter naming the angle. Here, the angles are named by the airplane designator (A or B).

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