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studygurl14 · Answer

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studygurl14 · Answer

b or c...?

e.mccormick · Answer

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Hmmm...  kk.  Let me see.

studygurl14 · Answer

i got 53.1 for B but the "greatest possible value" thing is throwing me off

e.mccormick · Answer

Some triangles have 2 solutions for some sides.
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e.mccormick · Answer

If I am given in this case A, c, and a, I can make two triangles that are valid for that angle and those sides.

e.mccormick · Answer

studygurl14 · Answer

I can't access mathisfun on this computer due to stupid parental controls....don't ask.

e.mccormick · Answer

Becaus a1 and a2 are the same lengths, it makes for possibilities.

e.mccormick · Answer

studygurl14 · Answer

so...because this triangle can have more than one solution, is it C?

studygurl14 · Answer

yea it works

e.mccormick · Answer

Example 3 is the SSA.

e.mccormick · Answer

Now, if the angles you postulate add up to more than 180 degrees, there is not room for the 3rd angle.  In that case, a ssa has only one solution.

studygurl14 · Answer

funny thing, that example you gave had the same exact result as my problem. so I''m gonna go with C

studygurl14 · Answer

thanks again @e.mccormick

e.mccormick · Answer

LOL!  5 and 8 vs 10 and 16!  It is a similar triangle.  That is funny!

studygurl14 · Answer

:) I know right?! ^

e.mccormick · Answer

Well, I hope you get the point of it now.  Tha way you can worry less about why some question are like that.

studygurl14 · Answer

Thanks for the link. :)
Don't know why I didn't just find it myself...lol