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What’s the length of the tunnel?

What’s the length of the tunnel?-example-1
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Answer:

3.40 km

Explanation:

Given two sides and the angle between them, the Law of Cosines is useful for finding the remaining side of the triangle.

If we call the vertices of the triangle H, P, Y, then the Law of Cosines tells you ...

HY² = HP² +YP² -2HP·YP·cos(P)

HY² = 6² +7² -2·6·7·cos(29°) = 85 -84·cos(29°) ≈ 11.531944

HY ≈ √11.531944 ≈ 3.40 . . . . km

The length of the tunnel is about 3.40 km.

What’s the length of the tunnel?-example-1
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