Question

A golfer hits a tee shot on a 285m long straight golf hole. The ball is hooked (hit at an angle) 14degree to the left. The ball lands 183m from the tee. How far is the ball from the hole?

Aug 31, 2012

using the law of cosines,

d^2 = 285^2 + 183^2 - 2(285)(183)cos14°
d = 116.2m

Aug 31, 2012

Thank you Steve

Sep 1, 2012

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