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: 26

Answer

$ \approx53^0$

Work Step by Step

From the law of sines $\dfrac {8}{\sin 40}=\dfrac {10}{\sin \theta }\Rightarrow \sin \theta =\dfrac {10\times \sin 40}{8}\approx 0.8\Rightarrow \theta \approx \sin ^{-1}\left( 0.8\right) \approx 53^{0}$
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