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OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):
http://screensnapr.com/v/zn5DFe.png
No idea.
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OpenStudy (sasogeek):
use the cosine rule, u have the required lengths, the only thing missing is the angle, plug in the values into the equation and solve for \(\theta\)
OpenStudy (anonymous):
what saso said. law 'o cosines for this one
OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):
a^2=b^2+c^2-2(b)(c)cosA
OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):
So then..
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yes but of course you want
\[\theta\] not a length
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OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):
9=2^2+3^2-2(2)(3)cosX
OpenStudy (anonymous):
what you are looking for is the angle right? so you need to use
\[\theta=\cos^{-1}(\frac{b^2+c^2-a^2}{2bc})\]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
or you could use what you wrote above to solve for
\[\cos(\theta)\] and then take the inverse cosine to get theta. amounts to the same thing
OpenStudy (sasogeek):
\(a=4\frac{1}{2} \ \ b=2 \ \ \ c=3\)
OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):
I got 70.5
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OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):
One last question! Woohoo!
OpenStudy (sasogeek):
looking at the picture, u can simply tell that the angle is greater than 90... 70.5 is definitely not the right answer
OpenStudy (sasogeek):
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