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Colorado State University How Far in Miles from Airport Is Plane Calculus Questions

Overview

1.Consider the following scenario: For context https://openstax.org/books/precalculus/pages/8-6-p...

Lesson 8.6-8.8

Starting from an airport, an airplane flies 225 miles northwest, then 150 miles south-west.

  1. Draw a graph or figure to represent this situation.
  2. How far, in miles, from the airport is the plane?

2. Suppose you are hiking in the forest, and you come across an old fire look out tower. You hike 5 miles from the tower at a bearing of 53.13⁰, you then turn due north and hike another 2 miles. When you turn and look at the tower how far away is it?

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