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OpenStudy (study_buddy99):

trig help?! (picture to be posted in the comments)

OpenStudy (study_buddy99):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

still there?

OpenStudy (study_buddy99):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you can use pythagorean theorem to find the hypotenuse

OpenStudy (study_buddy99):

but what about the other angles?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

find the third side first, then use sine law

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a^2+b^2=c^2 c is the hypotenuse

OpenStudy (study_buddy99):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay, then use sine law

OpenStudy (study_buddy99):

how? I always get confused on this part.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/trig-sine-law.html

OpenStudy (study_buddy99):

that made me even more confused

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ill help you, w8

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it says that a/sin A = b/sin B = c/sin C

OpenStudy (anonymous):

meaning, the side opposite of the angle is proportional and equal to other ratio of angle to side

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5.83/ sin 90 = 5/Sin x find the angle

OpenStudy (anonymous):

still there?

OpenStudy (study_buddy99):

yes, trying to understand

OpenStudy (anonymous):

to find the angle, x = inv sin (5 (sin 90)/ 5.83)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so the angle directly opposite to 5 is 59 degrees

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (study_buddy99):

I got 5.83 for some reason

OpenStudy (anonymous):

got the angle now?

OpenStudy (study_buddy99):

no I still keep getting 5.83

OpenStudy (anonymous):

study the sine law.

OpenStudy (study_buddy99):

thank you

OpenStudy (anonymous):

go here, you will surely understand https://www.khanacademy.org/math/trigonometry/less-basic-trigonometry/law-sines-cosines/v/law-of-sines

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