An aircraft on a reconnaissance mission takes off from its home base and flies 550 miles at a bearing of s 46° e to a location in the sea. it then flies 483 miles from the sea at a bearing of s 55° w to another location. finally, the aircraft flies straight back from the second location to its base. what is the total distance it flies, rounded to the nearest mile? 2 vertical lines. top, point a (airport), point c below are marked on left line. point b marked on middle of right line. abc makes triangle. ab as c equals 5.5. bc as a equals 4.83. interior angle a 46 degrees. exterior angle b 55 degrees. a. 550 miles b. 1,033 miles c. 1,583 miles d. 1,692 miles e. 2,210 miles