A surveyor wants to find the distance across a pond. The bearing from A to B is N 38° W. The surveyor walks x = 50 meters from A to C. At C, the bearing to B is N 64° W. (See figure in the website.)

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A surveyor wants to find the distance across a pond. The bearing from A to B is N 38° W. The surveyor walks x = 50 meters from A to C. At C, the bearing to B is N 64° W. (See figure in the website.)
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(a) Find the bearing from A to C. 
(b) Find the distance from A to B. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

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a) The bearing from A to C is N 52° W. b) The distance from A to B is 97.45 meters.