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: 80

Answer

$b\approx295.95$ $\angle A\approx6.64^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

From law of cosines, we have $b^{2}=a^{2}+c^{2}-2ac\cos B$ $=(100)^{2}+(200)^{2}-2(100)(200)\cos 160^{\circ}$ $\approx87587.7048$ $b\approx\sqrt {87587.7048}$ $b\approx295.95$ From law of sines, we have $\frac{\sin A}{a}=\frac{\sin B}{b}$ $\implies \sin A=\frac{a}{b} \sin B=\frac{100}{295.95}\times\sin 160^{\circ}$ $\approx0.115566867$ $\angle A\approx\arcsin (0.115566867)$ $\angle A\approx6.64^{\circ}$
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