Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 6 - Section 6.5 - The Law of Sines - 6.5 Exercises - Page 515: 35

Answer

$AB \approx 56$m

Work Step by Step

Need to find the length of the tower AB. The exterior angle at a vertex of a triangle is equal to the sum of the sizes of the interior angles at the other two vertices of the triangle. Thus, we have $90^{\circ}+5.6^{\circ}=x+29.2^{\circ}$ $\implies x=90^{\circ}+5.6^{\circ}-29.2^{\circ}=66.4^{\circ}$ Apply law of sines formula. $\dfrac{\sin 29.2^{\circ}}{AB}=\dfrac{\sin 66.4^{\circ}}{105}$ or, $AB=\dfrac{105 \sin 29.2^{\circ}}{\sin 66.4^{\circ}}$ This implies that $AB \approx 56$m
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