An airplane flies from city A to city B, a distace of 100 miles, and then turns through an angle of 20 degrees and heads toward city C. If the distance from A to C is 300 miles, how far is it from city b to city C?

An airplane flies from city A to city B, a distace of 100 miles, and then turns through an angle of 20 degrees and heads toward city C. If the distance from A to C is 300 miles, how far is it from city b to city C?

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