Two airplanes leave an airport at the same time, the first headed due north and the second at a bearing of N42^ E . At 2:00PM, the first airplane is 312 miles from the airport while the second airplane is 487 miles from the airport. Assuming both followed linear paths from the airport, how far apart are the two airplanes at 2:00PM?

The two airplanes are about 330miles apart.

Step-by-step explanation:

The diagram interpreting the question has been attached to this response.

As shown in the diagram,

i. the airplanes leave at point C.

ii. at 2.00pm the first and second airplanes are at points A and B respectively, where they are 312miles and 487miles away from the starting point C in directions due north and N42E from the point C.

iii. the points A, B and C form a triangle with sides a, b and c.

To solve for the value of c which is the distance between the two planes at 2.00pm, the cosine rule is used.

c² = a² + b² - 2abcosC            --------------(i)

where;

b  = 312miles

a = 487miles

C = 42°

Substitute these values into equation (i) and solve as follows;

c² = (487)² + (312)² - 2(312)(487)cos(42)

c² = (237169) + (97344) - 303888cos(42)

c² = (237169) + (97344) - 303888(0.7431)

c² = 334513 - 225819.1728

c² = 108693.8272

Take the square root of both sides

√c² = √108693.8272

c = 329.69

c ≅ 330miles

Therefore, the two airplanes are far apart by 330miles

answer: option a.

step-by-step explanation:

you know that the quadrilateral opqr ( a four sided figure) is inscribed in circle. this means that all its vertices are on the circle.

then, by definition, the opposite angles of the quadrilateral are supplementary, this means that the sum of their measures is 180 degrees.

you can observe in the figure that the angles ∠opq   and the angle ∠orq   are opposite, therefore:

then, can be used to d to calculate the measure of ∠opq

step-by-step explanation:

consider the parallelogram shown in the attached image.

in the parallelogram hijk, the length of hk is given as,

from the properties of parallelogram we know that the opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel to each other and are equal in measure.

therefore, the length of the side ij must be equal to the length of the side hk and that is .

hence, the expression for the length of ij confirms that hijk is a parallelogram.