Thread: Kindly help me w/ this sine problem? Urgent

Ranger Station B in a state forest is 10.2km East of station A. Thr Bearing of a fire from A is S10d40'W. The Bearing of the fire from B is S31d20'W. How far is the fire from A? From B?

d = degrees

Help!! i dont know wat bearing is...

Originally Posted by ^_^Engineer_Adam^_^

Ranger Station B in a state forest is 10.2km East of station A. Thr Bearing of a fire from A is S10d40'W. The Bearing of the fire from B is S31d20'W. How far is the fire from A? From B?

d = degrees

Help!! i dont know wat bearing is...

First you need a diagram, see attachment.

In this I have interpreted a bearing of the form:S10d40'W, as south 10d40'
west, that is 10 degrees 40 minutes west of south.

You are asked to find the distances marked x and y in the diagram.

RonL

Thanks Captain!