Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 7 - Section 7.2 - The Law of Cosines - 7.2 Problem Set - Page 378: 17

Answer

$128^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

The largest angle in the triangle is opposite to the longest side From figure, largest angle is A. using law of cosines $a^2= b^2+c^2-2bc \cos A$ $\cos A =\frac{b^2+c^2-a^2}{2bc}$ $\cos A=\frac{10^2+31^2-38^2}{2\times 10\times 31}$ $\cos A =-0.618$ $A=\cos^{-1}(-0.618)$ $A=128^{\circ}$
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