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Solve the Problem. -A Rocket Tracking Station Has Two Telescopes a and B

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Solve the problem.
-A rocket tracking station has two telescopes A and B placed 1.3 miles apart. The telescopes lock onto a rocket and transmit their angles of elevation to a computer after a rocket launch. What is the distance to the rocket
From telescope B at the moment when both tracking stations are directly east of the rocket telescope A reports an
Angle of elevation of 27° and telescope B reports an angle of elevation of 52°?


A) 2.42 mi
B) 1.4 mi
C) 0.75 mi
D) 2.26 mi

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