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In triangle ABC, B= 120 degrees, a=10, c=18, find C

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add all of them then subtract from 180
User Stefan Stoychev
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check the picture below. Notice that we can always solve for the cosine and simply use the sides alone to get an angle.


\bf cos^(-1)\left(\cfrac{10^2+(√(604))^2-18^2}{2(10)(√(604))} \right)=\measuredangle C \\\\\\ cos^(-1)\left(\cfrac{100+604-324}{20√(604)} \right)=\measuredangle C \\\\\\ cos^(-1)(0.77309903583)\approx \measuredangle C\implies 39.366998916677^o\approx \measuredangle C
PLEASE HELP!! In triangle ABC, B= 120 degrees, a=10, c=18, find C-example-1
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