Tonto Pagalies, an observer at Bindy Bend, is 14285' from Desert Plain. He knows that there is a right angle between the lines of sight from Bindy Bend to Desert Plain and from Desert Plain to Beggar's Canyon. He also observes the angle between Desert Plain and Beggar's Canyon to be 22. Round to the nearest foot.
a.) Find the line of sight distance from Desert Plain to Beggar's Canyon.
b.) FInd the line of sight distance from Beggar's Canyon to Bindy Bend.
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a) call the distance from D.P. to B.C d:
sin22 = d/14,285
14,285(sin22) = d
14,285(0.37461) = d = 5351ft
b) call the distance between from B.C. to B.B. x
cos22 = x/14,285
0.92718 = x/14,285
0.92718(14,285) = x = 13,245ft
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