1. You are working for the United States Forest Service. You are manning a fire tower near Pilot Knob, Missouri. You spot a fire that is on a bearing of N 80 E from your location. You call another fire spotter who is in the Taum Sauk fire tower. The bearing to the fire from her location is S 70 E. The bearing from your station to hers is N 65 E and the two towers are 18 miles apart. Draw a scaled diagram that shows the location of the fire and determine the distance from the fire to each of the towers.

2. A geologist paces the following transects. Leg 1 bearing N 5 E, 19 paces; leg 2 bearing N 85 E, 9 paces; leg three bearing S 5 E, 13 paces; leg four bearing S 43 W, 6 paces; leg 5 bearing N 34 W, 11 paces. If the geologists pace length is 5.28 feet, draw a map that shows the path he or she followed.

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1 To solve this problem we can use basic trigonometry to find the distance from the fire to each tower First we can draw a diagram to represent the situation Lets choose a scale of 1 inch 3 miles for ... View the full answer