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OpenStudy (abbles):

Check my answer? Law of sines.

OpenStudy (abbles):

Angle B is obviously 55 degrees. Using the law of sines, I got 142.95 units for the length of side a and 61.9 for side c. However, mathwarehouse says I'm wrong. :/ Did I do something wrong? I know there is some ambiguous thing or something with the law of sines... I'd really appreciate some help!

OpenStudy (evoker):

Missing Pic

OpenStudy (abbles):

Sorry! here

OpenStudy (abbles):

@Evoker still there? :)

OpenStudy (evoker):

Ok looking now

OpenStudy (evoker):

142.95 for a looks right

OpenStudy (evoker):

212.04 for c though

OpenStudy (evoker):

I used law of sines for that result, nothing special

OpenStudy (abbles):

\[\frac{ 175 }{ \sin55 } = \frac{ c }{ \sin83 }\]

OpenStudy (abbles):

Like so?

OpenStudy (evoker):

yes that's right so c=sin(83)*175/sin(55)

OpenStudy (wolf1728):

b / sin(B) = c / sin (C) 175 / sin(55) = c / sin (83) c = sin(83) * 175 / sin(55) c = .9925*175/.81915 c = 173.6875 / .81915 c = 212.0338155405

OpenStudy (abbles):

Ah, I see what I did wrong... thanks you guys. :)

OpenStudy (wolf1728):

u r welcome

OpenStudy (abbles):

lol :)

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