Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337613924
ISBN 13: 978-1-33761-392-7

APPENDIX D - Trigonometry - D Exercises - Page A 35: 78

Answer

$c\approx3.25$

Work Step by Step

From the law of cosines, $c^{2}=a^{2}+b^{2}-2ab\cos C$ $= (3.0)^{2}+(4.0)^{2}-2(3.0)(4.0)\cos 53^{\circ}$ $=10.5564394$ $c=\sqrt {10.5564394}\approx3.25$
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