Question

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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.

Answer 1

Answer is 71.95°

Explanation:

Cosine formula is

a^2=b^2+c^2-2bc(cosA)

cos A =b^2+c^2-a^2/2bc

if a= 119,b=94,c=173

cos A=94^2+173^2-119^2/2(94*173)

=8836+29,929-14,161/2(16,262)

=38765-14,161/32,524

=24604/32,524

=0.7564

cos A=0.7564

cos^-1=40.85°.that's for angle A.

Using the same formula

B=31.1°

C=180-(40.85+31.1)

C=180-71.95

C=108.05

Since angle on a straight line is 180

therefore x is 71.95

Also the sum of angles A and B