Becky is taking her boat to an island, and she needs to know the distance to decide how much fuel she needs. When she leaves the harbor, she will steer north-northeast to reach her destination. She knows that the distance from the mouth of the harbor due north to a lighthouse is 6 kilometers (km) and from the lighthouse due east it is 11 km to the island. How far is it to the island if she steers a direct course, rounding to the nearest tenth? lighthouse island 11 km 6 km course to steer harbor north

Becky is taking her boat to an island, and she needs to know the distance to decide how much fuel she needs. When she leaves the harbor, she will steer north-northeast to reach her destination. She knows that the distance from the mouth of the harbor due north to a lighthouse is 6 kilometers (km) and from the lighthouse due east it is 11 km to the island. How far is it to the island if she steers a direct course, rounding to the nearest tenth? lighthouse island 11 km 6 km course to steer harbor north

Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337278461

Author:Ron Larson

Publisher:Ron Larson

Chapter3: Additional Topics In Trigonometry

Section3.2: Law Of Cosines

Problem 3ECP: In a softball game, a batter hits a ball to dead center field, a distance of 240 feet from home...

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