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pts A lookout station located at

S

on a straight shoreline receives a distress call from a ship. It dispatches two search helicopter teams

A

and

B

. Team

A

travels at a speed of

80k(m)/(h)

perpendicular to the shoreline. Team

B

travels

90k(m)/(h)

at an angle

/_(A)SB=30\deg

. Half an hour later team

B

spots the ship below it. (a) What is the distance from the ship to the shore? (b) What is the distance from team

A

to the ship? (c) The station

S

has to set up a temporary help station

T

on the shore point nearest to the distress ship, how far would

T

be from

S

?



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