Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 7 - Section 7.2 - The Law of Cosines - 7.2 Problem Set - Page 378: 18

Answer

$136^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

The largest angle in the triangle is opposite to the longest side From figure, largest angle is A. using law of cosines $a^2=b^2+c^2−2bc\cos A$ $cos A=\frac{b^2+c^2−a^2}{2bc}$ $cos A=\frac{24^2+31^2−51^2}{2\times 24 \times 31}$ $cos A=−0.715$ $A=cos^{-1}(−0.715)$ $A=136^{\circ}$
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