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: 20

Answer

$A=144.9^{\circ},C=18.8^{\circ},b=37.2m$.

Work Step by Step

$B=16.3^{\circ}, a=76.3m,c=42.8m$ From Laws of cosines, $b^{2}=c^{2}+a^{2}-2ca(cosB)$ or, $b^{2}=(42.8)^{2}+(76.3)^{2}-2(42.8)(76.3)(cos16.3^{\circ})=1384.8$ or, $b=\sqrt (1384.8)=37.2m$ Again using Laws of cosines, $a^{2}=b^{2}+c^{2}-2bc(cosA)$ $(76.3)^{2}=(37.2)^{2}+(42.8)^{2}-2(37.2)(42.8)(cosA)$ $cosA=-0.818$ $A=cos^{-1}(-0.818)=144.9^{\circ}$ Thus, $C=180^{\circ}-(A+B)=180^{\circ}-(144.9^{\circ}+16.3^{\circ})=18.8^{\circ}$ So, $A=144.9^{\circ},C=18.8^{\circ},b=37.2m$.
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