Engineers can find the location of any receiving station to within 50 feet by __________,using the distance from a GPS to three satellites to make the computation.
A)latitude
B)longitude
C)triangulation
D)altitude

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Triangulation is a method of determining the location of a point by measuring angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline. In the case of GPS, the known points are the three satellites and the fixed baseline is the distance from the GPS receiver to each satellite. By measuring these distances and using triangulation, engineers can determine the location of the receiving station to within 50 feet.

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