Question

A surveyor needs to determine the distance across the pond shown in the accompanying diagram . She determines that the distance from her position to point P on the south short of the pond is 175 meters and the angle from her position to point on the north shore is 32 degrees . Determine he distance , PX, across the pond , rounded to the nearest meter .

Answer 1

Need a description of the pond, where is X ?

Answer 2

If we label the surveyor as point S, all we have is one angle and one side.
Unless you can provide some information about another angle or side, we're stuck.

Answer 3

Reiny