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ThomasHW
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Homework Statement
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The Attempt at a Solution
Not sure where to start. I want to get the x & y coordinates of rAB but I'm not sure how.
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ThomasHW said:How? :uhh:
ThomasHW said:Using
[tex]tan x = \frac{711j}{418i}[/tex]
[tex]x = 59.55^{\circ}[/tex]
ThomasHW said:I'm not sure...
If this ends up being easy I'm going to feel stupid. :tongue:
ThomasHW said:I'm getting a length of 824.77m for side OA. It looks too big according to the diagram, is it right?
Assuming it is...
I used the cosine law to determine the angle for AOB (43.99) and subtracted that from angle x (determined previously.) This gave me an angle of 15.56 from the x-axis to OB. Then using the length of 606m and the angle of 15.56 I determined the x and y coordinates to be 583.79m and 162.56m, respectively.
Is that right?
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