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Use the Law of Cosines to solve the problem. You must solve for BC first. Solve this problem in order.

A ship travels due west for 94 miles. It then travels in a northwest direction for 119 miles and ends up 173 miles from its original position. To the nearest tenth of a degree, how many degrees north of west (x) did it

turn when it changed direction? Show your work.

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I’m not very good at it myself but it should be abt 40 degrees
I’m having trouble understanding how to solve this someone please help ASAP thank-example-1
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