Question

Iron Man leaves his house and flies due East 90 miles and then 230 miles in the direction of S 68.17 degrees W. How far is Iron Man from his house (round to the nearest mile)?

Answer 1

574

Explanation:

I drew a picture of this situation

I am going to assume you know SOH CAH TOA (if you don't just ask)

We have the adjacent side and need to solve for the opposite so I will be using TOA

tan(68.17)=x/230

230tan68.17=x

x=574