A pilot flies in a straight path for 1 h 30 min. She then makes a course correction, heading 10 degrees to the right of her original course, and flies 2 h in the new direction. If she maintains a constant speed of 615 mi/h, how far is she from her starting position? Your answer is_______    mi; Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places.

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A pilot flies in a straight path for 1 h 30 min. She then makes a course correction, heading 10 degrees to the right of her original course, and flies 2 h in the new direction. If she maintains a constant speed of 615 mi/h, how far is she from her starting position?
Your answer is_______    mi;
Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places.

 

A steep mountain is inclined 74 degree to the horizontal and rises to a height of 3400 ft above the surrounding plain. A cable car is to be installed running to the top of the mountain from a point 950 ft out in the plain from the base of the mountain. Find the shortest length of cable needed.
Your answer is_______    ft;

 

A triangular field has sides of lengths 20, 38, 52 km.
Enter your answer as a number; answer should be accurate to 2 decimal places.


Find the largest angle in degrees:________
   

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