You've traveled in a motorboat 8 miles away from the dock (the origin) at a 30o angle above the shoreline (the x-axis). You then make a turn back toward the shore and travel exactly 5 miles so that your boat stops exactly on the shoreline.
Given the above information, you could be at exactly two different points on the shore (the x-axis) right now: (A,0) and (B,0). What is the distance (in miles) between these two points?
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You've traveled in a motorboat 8 miles away from the dock (the origin) at a 30o angle above the shoreline (the x-axis). You then make a turn back toward the shore and travel exactly 5 miles so that your boat stops exactly on the shoreline.
Given the above information, you could be at exactly two different points on the shore (the x-axis) right now: (A,0) and (B,0). What is the distance (in miles) between these two points?
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