Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.2 - The Law of Cosines - Exercise Set - Page 732: 54

Answer

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Work Step by Step

In order to use the Law of Sines, we need to know three of the four quantities: two sides and two angles opposite to these sides. Given an $SAS$ situation, the angle is not opposite to either of the given sides. Thus, we can not use this Law as the first step.
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