Looking for a lost ship in the North Atlantic Ocean, a plane flew from Reykjavik, Iceland, 160

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Looking for a lost ship in the North Atlantic Ocean, a plane flew from Reykjavik, Iceland, 160 km west. It then turned and flew due north and then made a final turn to fly directly back to Reykjavik. If the total distance flown was 480 km, how long were the final two legs of the flight? Solve by setting up and solving an appropriate trigonometric equation.

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Basic Technical Mathematics

ISBN: 9780137529896

12th Edition

Authors: Allyn J. Washington, Richard Evans

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