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OpenStudy (anonymous):

In the triangle below, you are given two measurements. What ONE other measurement would you need in order to use the Law of Cosines?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@AnswerMyQuestions

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@pooja195

pooja195 (pooja195):

@iGreen.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Actually another side, remember that the law of cosines is\[a^2 = b^2 + c^2 - 2bccosA\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[a^2 = b^2 + c^2 - 2bccosA\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so what would i do to get my answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The lowercase letters are your sides while the upper case letters are your angles

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so that would be my answer?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That you need side a.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so how will i write that as my answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I need side a to use the law of cosines.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok i got it thanks so much

OpenStudy (anonymous):

np

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