Question

Help with checking work on law of sines and cosines

Answer 1

A triangular plot of land has sides of lengths 320 feet, 250 feet, and 80 feet. Approximate the largest angle between the sides to the nearest tenth of a degree.

Answer 2

If the triangle is a right triangle, you won't need the law of cos.

Answer 3

In this case, simply use soh cah toa.

Answer 4

The angle on the top, \[\sin(o/h)\]

Answer 5

Know thing that, what would you plug in to find that angle? *Remember that you are looking for an angle, so you will use the inverse of sine*

Answer 6

Sorry I am back now. It wasnt loading :C

Answer 7

@bmannn13 It says a triangular plot of land i just drew as a right

Answer 8

@jdoe0001 would we use cosine because we dont have any angles to work with for sine