Asked by sydney

A ship is tied to two anchors on the shoreline. The anchor line on the left forms a 46 degree angle with the shoreline and is 350 feet long. The anchor line on the right forms a 63 degree angle with theshoreline and is 283 feet long. Find the exact distance (in feet) between the two anchors.

Please help show all work very confused
Answered by Scott
use the Law of Sines

the angle at the ship is
... 180º - 46º - 63º

283 ft / sin(43º) = 350 ft / sin(63º)
... = x / sin(180º - 46º - 63º)
Answered by sydney
why would it not be sin (46°) why is it sin(43°)
Answered by Scott
because i made a typo...
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