Question

How many solutions does a triangle with values a = 42, A = 117, and b = 34 have?

1, 2, 3, or 4?

Answer 1

i think it maybe 2

Answer 2

not 100% sure

Answer 3

How is it done?

Answer 4

@ElisaNeedsHelp

Answer 5

@mathmale

Answer 6

@austinL I apologise, I had been asking for help for half an hour and EVERYONE was ignoring me. I got upset, it happens. Will you please help me?

Answer 7

I cant help you :( but at least i helped you on telling you you could tag ppl and yeah @austinL do you know what its like when you come here for help and every1 ignores you?

Answer 8

Wait... I started answering on this exact same question and never got a response...
Did you close and open the exact same question?

Answer 9

@sagnikkarkar @acxbox22 @praxer Can one of you please help me? I would fan/medal or anything, I just want to know how this is done.

Answer 10

I don't think so. How long ago was it?

Answer 11

It was the one you linked in chat. I started answering, no one replied, so I left.

Answer 12

@austinL I see what your talking about, I do have another question, somehow I double posted

Answer 13

Now, I shall re-type what I typed earlier. Have you drawn the figure?

Answer 14

Yes

Answer 15

@austinL I drew a triangle and put all of the information into it.

Answer 16

Care to draw it on here? Or shall I?

Answer 17

Lol, there, I didn't know I could do this

Answer 18

@austinL so is there like some sine cosine stuff I have to do?

Answer 19

Are you familiar with law of sines and law of cosines?

Answer 20

I'm familiar with it, but I don't know it, nor am I good at it...because I don't know it.

Answer 21

Okay...

http://www.clarku.edu/~djoyce/trig/laws.html

Do you see how we would apply these?

Answer 22

I'm looking at it, I can't comprehend it though.

Answer 23

I do see that the law of cosines is a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cos A, is that important?

Answer 24

With that you would solve for this side.

From there you could use trig to solve for the other angles.

Answer 25

@austinL What.