Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

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

Chapter 6 - Section 6.6 - The Law of Cosines - 6.6 Exercises - Page 521: 25

Answer

$\approx90^0$

Work Step by Step

From the law of cosines $\left[ AC\right] ^{2}=110^{2}+138^{2}-2\times 110\times 138\times \cos 38^{0}\approx 7220\Rightarrow \left| AC\right| \approx \sqrt {7220}\approx 84.97$ From the law of sines $\dfrac {\left[ AC\right] }{\sin 38}=\dfrac {138}{\sin \theta }\Rightarrow \sin \theta =\dfrac {138\times \sin 38}{\left[ AC\right] }\approx 1\Rightarrow \theta \approx \sin ^{-1}\left( 1\right) \approx 90^0$
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