URGENT HELP!! 2. Oscar isaac, the actor who portrays Poe Dameron, dashing Resistance pilot and all-around great guy, is flying from his hometown of Miami to Los Angeles on a bearing of N 75°W...

Question

..Then he flies from LA to Toronto for filming on a bearing of N 80°E. Miami is 1200 miles directly south of Toronto.

A.) What is the distance between Toronto and LA?

B.) What is the distance between LA and Miami?

C.) What is the bearing from LA to Miami?

Answer 1

use the law of sines

LT/sin75= 1200/sin25

LT=1200sin75/sin25= 2742.7 miles LA to Toronto (2171.2 miles by plane)

LM=1200sin80/sin25= 2796.3 miles Miami to LA (actual flight 2745.8)

toronto to miami 1491.4 flight miles