Question

A researcher is standing in a corner (point c) of a triangler plot. the angle to point a is S76E the angle to point b is N32E The distance between point c and point a is 210 ft and the distance between point c and point b is 150 ft

find the distance between point a and point b

Answer 1

We can use the Law of Cosines to find the distance between points a and b.

Using the angles given, we can find the angle between points a and b:

Angle C = 180 - (76 + 32) = 72 degrees

Next, we can use the Law of Cosines:

c^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2ab cos(C)

where c is the distance between points a and b, a is the distance between point c and point a (210 ft), b is the distance between point c and point b (150 ft), and C is the angle between points a and b (72 degrees).

Plugging in the values:

c^2 = 210^2 + 150^2 - 2(210)(150)cos(72)

c^2 ≈ 21069.27

Therefore, the distance between points a and b is approximately:

c ≈ 145.2 ft