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7. Assume two people, Swanson and Suzie, are standing 35 feet apart and are watching a boat
race. At a given moment, Swanson approximates the angle formed by the lead boat, himself, and
Suzie to be 30°. Suzie approximates the angle formed by the lead boat, herself, and Swanson to be
130. How far is the boat from Swanson?
130°
30"
35 feet
Swanson
Suzie
Part I: What is the missing angle in this triangle? (1 point)
Part II: Use the law of sines to find the distance from Swanson to the boat. (2 points)

7 Assume two people Swanson and Suzie are standing 35 feet apart and are watching a boat race At a given moment Swanson approximates the angle formed by the lea class=

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Answer:

78.4 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Part I:

Missing angle = 180° - (130 + 30) (sum of angles in a triangle)

= 180° - 160°

Missing angle = 20°

Part II: distance (d) from Swanson to the boat

Law of Sines is given as:

[tex] \frac{a}{sin(A)} = \frac{b}{sin(B)} [/tex]

Where,

a = d

A = 130°

b = 35 ft

B = 20°

Plug in the values and solve for d

[tex] \frac{d}{sin(130)} = \frac{35}{sin(20)} [/tex]

Multiply both sides by sin(130) to make d the subject of the formula

[tex] \frac{d}{sin(130)}*sin(130) = \frac{35}{sin(20)}*sin(130) [/tex]

[tex] d = \frac{35*sin(130)}{sin(20)} [/tex]

[tex] d = 78.4 ft [/tex]

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78.4 ft hope this helped good luck on the test or quiz or whatever it is good luck

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