Question

Lynn is trying to determine how far away Student B is from the balloon. He decides to use the

equation shown below. Is his equation correct? Why or why not?

5

cos 60º =

BIV x

Answer 1

Did you get the answer If so please give it to me.

Explanation:

Answer 2

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Explanation:

The question is incomplete as the image that illustrates the scenario is not given.

However, I can deduce that the question is about a right-angled triangle.

So, I will give a general explanation on how to find each of the side of the triangle, given a side and an angle.

For triangle A (solve for b)

Using cosine formula.

Make b the subject

For triangle B (solve for b)

Using cosine formula.

Make b the subject

For triangle C (solve for b)

Using cosine formula.

Make b the subject