Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 7 - Section 7.1 - The Law of Sines - 7.1 Problem Set - Page 369: 29

Answer

The height of the antenna is $209$ ft.

Work Step by Step

1. Find the 2 missing angles in the triangle on the left Let $A =$ the angle of the mans initial position Let $B =$ the last unknown angle of that triangle $A = 180 - 64$ (Angles on a horizontal line add to $180˚$ $A = 116˚$ $B + 116 + 46 = 180$ (Angles in a triangle add to $180˚$) $B + 162 = 180$ $B = 18˚$ 2. Use the sine law to solve for $x$ $\frac{x}{sin(116))} = \frac{100}{sin(18)}$ $x = \frac{100sin(116)}{sin(18)}$ by GDC / calculator $x = \frac{89.87...}{0.309...}$ $x = 290.855...$ ft (Use exact values for the next step) 3. Use the sine law again to solve for $h$ $\frac{h}{sin(46)} = \frac{290.855...}{sin(90)}$ $h = \frac{(290.855...)(sin(46))}{1} $ $h = 209.22...$ ft $h = 209$ ft
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