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Find the measure of a.

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a) 3

b) 16

c) 6

d) 8

Answer 1

c) 6

Explanation:

This is a straight-forward application of the Law of Cosines:

... a² = b² + c² -2bc·cos(A)

... a² = 8² +11² -2·8·11·cos(32.2°) ≈ 64 +121 -176·0.8462

... a² ≈ 36.07000

... a ≈ 6.00583

The best choice is c) 6.