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an aeroplane leaves an airport A an flies on a bearing of N41E for 1 and half hour at 699km/h to airport B.it then flies on a bearing of S50E for 3 and half hours at 400km/h to an airport C.calculate the distance from C to A
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Steve
planes fly on headings, not bearings.
Use the law of cosines:
CA^2 = AB^2 + BC^2 - 2*AB*BC*cos(41+50)°
You can easily get AB and BC using distance = speed * time.
Use the law of cosines:
CA^2 = AB^2 + BC^2 - 2*AB*BC*cos(41+50)°
You can easily get AB and BC using distance = speed * time.
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