To find: The distance of life guards from windsurfer.
The distance of left and right lifeguards is 194 ft and 213 ft respectively.
Given data: The two life guards L and
Method/Formula used:
In a
Calculations:
The two lifeguards are situated at distance
Use ‘Law of Sines’ in
Substitute 300 for
From first two ratios of result (1),
Substitute 0.6428 for
From first and last ratios of result (1),
Substitute 0.7071 for
Thus, the distance of left and right lifeguards is 194 ft and 213 ft respectively.
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