Answer:
4 miles
Explanation:
Solution:-
- This question pertains to special right angle triangles.
- This requires the use of special angles like ( 30°, 45°, 60° ) for all three trigonometric ratios that give us exact answers in the form of radicals.
- We will make a table of all three trigonometric ratios for the 3 special angles given above as follows:
30° 45° 60°
sin 1/2 1/√2 √3 / 2
cos √3 / 2 1/√2 1/2
tan 1 /√3 1 √3
- Now take a look at the figure and determine the appropriate trigonometric ratio that could be used to determine the distance ( q ). We are given an opposite angle ( θ = 45° ) and hypotenuse of the right angle triangle ( H = 4√2 mi )
- We see that the sine ratio is the most appropriate which can be written as:
sin ( θ ) = q / H = q / 4√2
sin ( 45° ) = q / 4√2
q = 4√2 * sin ( 45° ) ... Use above table for sin ( 45° )
q = 4√2 * [ 1 / √2 ]
q = 4 miles ... Answer