Viewed from Earth, two stars form and angle of 83.23°. Star A is 33 light-years from Earth, and Star B is 21 light-years from Earth. Sketch a diagram modeling this situation and find out how many light-years the stars are away from each other.

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can you sketch the diagram ?

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Do you know the Law of Cosines?  that is one way to find the answer.

courtstacks98 · Answer

What is the law of cosines again?

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https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/trig-cosine-law.html

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Actually right now I need help with this question. "deal with the ambiguous SSA case. For each, find all possible solutions and sketch the triangle in each case."
 
I have..
A=50 degrees
a=3
B=?
b=5
C=?
c=?

I know that it is sinA/a=sinB/b
so i have 5sin50/3 = sinB

What do I do next?