Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 6 - Section 6.5 - The Law of Sines - 6.5 Exercises - Page 514: 29

Answer

a. $ \angle {BCD} \approx 91.16^{\circ}$ or, $92^{\circ}$ b. $\angle {DCA}\approx 14.42^{\circ}$ or, $14.4^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

a. Need to find the $\angle {BCD}$. Use law of sines formula. $\dfrac{\sin 30^{\circ}}{20}=\dfrac{\sin \angle B}{28}$ Then, we have $\sin \angle B=\dfrac{28 \sin 30^{\circ} }{20^{\circ}}=0.7$ This implies that $\angle {ABC}=44.4^{\circ}$ It can be seen that the triangle BCD is an equilateral triangle, so $BC=CD=20$. This means that $\angle {CDB}=\angle {CBD}=44.4^{\circ}$ Now, $\angle {CDB}+\angle {CBD}+\angle {BCD}=180^{\circ}$ $\implies \angle {BCD} \approx 91.16^{\circ}$ b. Need to find the $\angle {DCA}$. $\angle {A}+\angle {B}+\angle {ACB}=180^{\circ}$ $\implies \angle {ACB} \approx 105.58^{\circ}$ Thus, $\angle {DCA}=\angle {ACB}- \angle {BCD}$ $\implies \angle {DCA}= 105.58^{\circ}-91.16^{\circ}\approx 14.42^{\circ}$
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