Two Airplanes leave an airport at the same time on different runways. One flies on a bearing of N66degreesW at 325 miles per hour. The other airplane flies on a bearing öf S26degreesW at 300 miles per hour. How far apart will the airplanes be after 2 hours?

Answer 1

After you make your sketch, it should be simple to calculate the angle between their flight-paths to be 88° , and after 2 hours the distance covered would be
650 and 600 miles. So a direct application of the cosine law ....

d^2 = 650^2 + 600^2 - 2(650)(600)cos88°
= ...
d = √.....

I get appr 869 miles