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chuckjefster90

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Need Help with Trig! :(
« on: July 21, 2010, 04:48:21 pm »
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Hey guys,
Firstly, I'm confused on what 25°15' actually means?
Secondly, Could you please help me out with these problems? Perhaps drawing the triangles on paint :s

1) Dylan is cycling along at 22 km/h on a straight country road. At one point he sees an old farmhouse 41° to the right from the road. Exactly 2 minutes later he is directly opposite the farmhouse. Calculate how close Dylan comes to the farmhous.
Answer: 0.64 km (640m)

2) From the top of a firespotting tower 210m high, the angles of depression of a fire moving towards the tower are observed to be first 12° and later 37°. How far did the fire travel between the two observation?
Answer: 710m

I will appreciate this a lot!
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Re: Need Help with Trig! :(
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2010, 05:01:45 pm »
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Degrees(o)/minutes(')/seconds(") is the notation. 60 minutes to a degree and 60 seconds to a minute. Kinda confusing but you get used to it.

Attached are two pictures for the questions. My notation/drawing is horrible, hope you got the idea though :)
« Last Edit: July 21, 2010, 05:15:05 pm by Russ »