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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Refreshing my memory again, but with triangles?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Two triangles can be formed with the given information. Use the Law of Sines to solve the triangles. A = 55°, a = 12, b = 14

OpenStudy (anonymous):

How do I find the second one again? @phi

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@satellite73

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@surjithayer ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|dw:1401740149666:dw|

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I can figure the first one, but I can never remember how to fins the second one!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

<C+55+ <B=180 if you know <B, then you can find <C

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That's the second triangle???

OpenStudy (anonymous):

where is the data for second triangle?

OpenStudy (phi):

finding the two ambiguous triangles can be confusing. notice when you solve for angle B, you set up this ratio \[ \frac{\sin 55}{12}= \frac{\sin B}{14} \] multiply both sides by 14 to get \[ 14\cdot \frac{\sin 55}{12}= \sin B \\ \sin B = \frac{7}{6} \sin 55 \\ \sin B= 0.95568 \] You should always keep in mind the graph of the sin, between 0 and 180º (these are the angles that might be in a triangle). It looks like this: |dw:1401802865640:dw|

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