A student walks 50m on a bearing 025 degree and then 200m due east. How far is she from the starting point.
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Please solve it
It's so annoying when someone posts a problem, and then follows up with a comment like "solve it." Well, duh, I think we figured out that was what you wanted.
As usual, draw a diagram, and you can see that you need to use the law of cosines. If the distance is x, then
x^2 = 25^2 + 200^2 - 2*25*200 cos115°
As usual, draw a diagram, and you can see that you need to use the law of cosines. If the distance is x, then
x^2 = 25^2 + 200^2 - 2*25*200 cos115°