A Texas rancher wants to fence off his four-sided plot of flat land. He measures the first three sides, shown as A, B, and C in Figure 3.27, where A = 4.05 km and Oc = 19°. He then correctly calculates the length and orientation of the fourth side D. What is his result? D = km OD = o west of south y A+B+ C + D = 0 C = 3.02 km D = ? km 6 = ? D 16 B 7.5° B = 2.48 km A Figure 3.27

A Texas rancher wants to fence off his four-sided plot of flat land. He measures the first three sides, shown as A, B, and C in Figure 3.27, where A = 4.05 km and Oc = 19°. He then correctly calculates the length and orientation of the fourth side D. What is his result? D = km OD = o west of south y A+B+ C + D = 0 C = 3.02 km D = ? km 6 = ? D 16 B 7.5° B = 2.48 km A Figure 3.27

College Physics

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ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

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