Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 11 - Section 11.4 - Applications with Acute Triangles - Exercises - Page 528: 34

Answer

The sharpshooter is $\approx 60.9$m from the target when it is hit.

Work Step by Step

1. Find the unknown angle of the triangle $= 180 - (70+30)$ $= 180 - 100$ $= 80^{\circ}$ 2. Use the sine rule to find $x$ $\frac{x}{sin(30)} = \frac{120}{sin(80)}$ $x = \frac{120sin(30)}{sin(80)}$ by GDC / calculator $x = 60.9255...$ m $x \approx 60.9$ m
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