Describe the altitude of a triangle.
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Three cities, A, B, and C, are located so that city A is due east of city B. If city C is located 35° west of north from city B and is 100 miles from city A and 70 miles from city B, how far is city A from city B? Round the distance to the nearest tenth of a mile.
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The first step in solving 10.1 problem number trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Three cities, A, B, and C, are located so that city A is due east of city B. If city C is located 35° west of north from city B and is 100 miles from city A and 70 miles from city B, how far is city A from city B? Round the distance to the nearest tenth of a mile.
From the textbook chapter Non-right Triangles: Law of Sines you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.
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