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From fire tower A, a fire with bearing N 75° E is sighted. The same fire is sighted from tower B at N 49° W. Tower B is 55 miles east of tower A. How far is it from tower A to the fire?

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Using law of sines, the solution shows how to find the distance from the fire to tower A when the bearing angles are known.

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