170,212 views
14 votes
14 votes
Pre cal NEED HELP PLEASE!

Pre cal NEED HELP PLEASE!-example-1
User Seniru Pasan
by
2.7k points

1 Answer

21 votes
21 votes

Answer: 215.98

========================================================

Step-by-step explanation:

Let point C represent the center of the planet.

Segment QC is 2810 miles long as it's one of the radii.

Segment DC is 1970+2810 = 4780 miles long after adding on the height of the mountain.

Triangle DQC is a right triangle. That allows us to use a trig ratio to determine theta. Specifically we'll use cosine.

cos(angle) = adjacent/hypotenuse

cos(theta) = QC/DC

cos(theta) = 2810/4780

theta = arccos(2810/4780)

theta = 53.9942734 degrees approximately

A full 360 degree rotation takes 24 hours. We take a fraction of that to find how many hours it takes for that planet to rotate so point P ends up where point Q is currently located.

(theta/360)*24 = (53.9942734/360)*24 = 3.599618

That's the number of approximate hours it takes. Multiply that by 60 to determine how many minutes it takes.

3.599618*60 = 215.97708

Then that rounds to the final answer 215.98 minutes.

User Rajkumar Palani
by
3.0k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.