The distances in kilometers between the three vertices of the so-called Bermuda Triangle are given below.

Location 1 Location 2 Distance
BermudaMiami1036
MiamiSan Juan1034
San JuanBermuda1539

(a) Below is a sketch of the Bermuda triangle with angles at each location labled , , , and distances between cities labeled , , . Find each angle in the diagram (in degrees) given the information from the above table of distances.

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(b) Below is a sketch of the same diagram with a line segment drawn from Miami perpendicular to the opposite side of the triangle. What is the length of this new line segment?

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(c) Using your solutions to the previous parts, find the area of the Bermuda Triangle.

The area of the Bermuda Triangle is .

Hint: