Math  /  Trigonometry

Question9. Two forest fire stations, PP and QQ, are 20.0 km apart. A ranger at station QQ sees a fire 15.0 km away. If the angle between the line PQP Q and the line from PP to the fire is 2525^{\circ}, how far, to the nearest tenth of a kilometre, is station PP from the fire?

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The two possible distances from station PP to the fire are approximately 30.5 km\textbf{30.5 km} and 5.7 km\textbf{5.7 km}.

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