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Find the missing side or angle.

Round to the nearest tenth.
A=78°
b=2
C=4
a=[ ? )

Find the missing side or angle. Round to the nearest tenth. A=78° b=2 C=4 a=[ ? )-example-1

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Answer:

The answer for Acellus people is a=4.1

Explanation:

User SBad
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Answer:


a=4.1

Explanation:

The Law of Cosines is given as:


a^2=c^2+b^2-2cb\cos A.

Plugging in given values, we get:


a^2=4^2+2^2-2\cdot 4 \cdot 2\cos 78^(\circ),\\a^2=16+4-16\cos 78^(\circ),\\a^2\approx √(16.673),\\a\approx \fbox{$4.1$}.

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