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

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

its that about sin o cosines law?

anonymous · Answer

no we havn't learned anything about that yet

directrix · Answer

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.

directrix · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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

directrix · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

Thank you very much.

directrix · Answer

Glad to help.