Fire lookout towers are used to locate fires so they can be put out as soon as possible. These towers often work in networks and if two towers can see a fire at the same time, they can determine the location of the fire vey accurately.

A.) Two forest rangers in towers see a fire. The angle at Tower A between tower B and the fire is measured to be 41.5 degrees. The angle at tower B between tower A and the fire is measured to be 87.3 degrees. If the towers are known to be 34.32 km apart, how far is the fire from each tower? (I know I need to use Sine, but I don't know how to complete the calculations)

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You are right, you have to use the sine law
Since you know 2 angles, we can find the angle at F to be 51.2°

So AF/sin87.3 = 34.32/sin51.2
AF = 34.32sin87.3/sin51.2
calculator time .....
AF = 43.988...

repeat similar steps to find BF