Question

The tee for the fifth hole on a golf course is 375 yards from the tee. On that hole, Marsha hooked her ball to the left, as sketched below. Find the distance between Marsha’s ball and the hole to the nearest tenth of a yard.

Answer 1

Answer: the right answer is 195.4

Step-by-step explanation: this guy does not what's happening

Answer 2

158.73 yd

Explanation:

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Let use the formula of the law of cosine:

c ^ 2 = a ^ 2 + b ^ 2 - 2 * a * b * cos C, to solve the problem

Let the third side be c, we replace:

c ^ 2 = 375 ^ 2 + 240 ^ 2 - 2 * 375 * 240 * cos 16 °

c ^ 2 = 198225 - 173027.10

c ^ 2 = 25197.9

c = 158.73

So the distance is 158.73 yd