NOTE: The picture is NOT drawn to scale. Ancient alien theorists manning two radar stations located b = 68 km apart both detect a UFO located between them. The angle of elevation measured by the first station (A) is a = 87.4 and the angle of elevation measured by the second station (C) is y = 84.4°

NOTE The picture is NOT drawn to scale Ancient alien theorists manning two radar stations located b 68 km apart both detect a UFO located between them The angle class=


Answer :

To find the distance between UFP and A, we need to calculate c.

Now, remember that the sum of the 3 internal angles of a triangle is equal to 180°.

So find angle B

[tex]\beta=180°-87.4°-84.4°[/tex][tex]\beta=8.2°[/tex]

Now with the law of sines calculate c:

[tex]\frac{b}{sin\beta}=\frac{c}{\sin\gamma}[/tex][tex]\frac{68}{sin(8.2°)}=\frac{c}{\sin(84.4°)}[/tex][tex]c=\frac{68*\sin(84.4°)}{\sin(8.2°)}[/tex][tex]c=474.49\text{ km}[/tex]

So the distance from A is 474.49 km

Now use this triangle to find h

You know the hypotenuse, which is equal to c=474.49km

[tex]\sin\alpha=\frac{h}{c}[/tex][tex]h=\sin\alpha *c[/tex][tex]h=\sin(87.4°)*474.49[/tex][tex]h=474\text{ km}[/tex]

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