law of cosines for sides

Longitude of an airplane crossing the equator

Problem
An airplane flew from Davao City whose latitude is 14° N and longitude of 121.5° E on a course of S 30° W and maintaining uniform altitude. At what longitude will the plane cross the equator?
A. 110° 30' East
B. 122° 26' East
C. 113° 33' East
D. 116° 11' East
 

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Oblique Spherical Triangle

Definition of oblique spherical triangle
Spherical triangles are said to be oblique if none of its included angle is 90° or two or three of its included angles are 90°. Spherical triangle with only one included angle equal to 90° is a right triangle.
 

Sine law
$\dfrac{\sin a}{\sin A} = \dfrac{\sin b}{\sin B} = \dfrac{\sin c}{\sin C}$
 

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