Solving Problems

Tuesday, 12 August 2014

Solving unknown sides



A ship drops its anchor with a 30m cable length to the bottom of the sea, which the anchor makes a 39° with the seabed.  what is the distance? in 2 d.p












sinθ= O/H
sin39= d/30
      d= sin(39)x30
        = 18.88m

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