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OpenStudy (anonymous):

someone please explain how to solve this Given ΔABC, m∠A = 60°, b = 9 and c = 6. Find m∠B. Round to the nearest whole degree. A) 8° B) 41° C) 71° D) 79°

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do you know the law of sines?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its something like soh cah toa

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you can only use that if you know it's a right triangle

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it is soh cah toa

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how about a/sinA=b/sinB=c/sinC

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but which side is which

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i dont know theres no picture

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so try soh can toa, do you know what it stands for? *tip: c usually= hypotenuse

OpenStudy (anonymous):

cah sorry not can

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well then why is b bigger than c

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@tlatti

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no i dont understand th esoh cah toa i looked it up and i dont understand

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Sine Opposite Hypotenuse Cosine Adjacent Hypotenuse Tangent Opposite Adjacent

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (mrnood):

you do not know that this is a right angle so you cannot use the standard trig functions

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what im so confused

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then what do i use

OpenStudy (mrnood):

|dw:1433518102874:dw| the general triangle is drawn above

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