Question

Describe the relationship between the lenghts of YX and YW. picture below.

Answer 1

its that about sin o cosines law?

Answer 2

no we havn't learned anything about that yet

Answer 3

In a given triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle, and the shortest angle is opposite the smallest angle.

Your task here is to determine which of these is the larger (YX and YW) based the the theorem quoted above.

The relationship will involve greater than or less than.

Answer 4

Read more about the theorem here:
http://www.mathopenref.com/trianglesideangle.html

Answer 5

oh yeah i know all about that duh me ha. so YW > YX ?

Answer 6

Yes. You could write YX < YW and mean the same thing.

Answer 7

Thank you very much.

Answer 8

Glad to help.