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Does anyone know how to solve this using the sine rule?

Does anyone know how to solve this using the sine rule?-example-1
User Dudewad
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Answer:

Explanation:

According to sine law of trigonometric functions,

sin(α)/a =sin(β)/b

hence using this

sin(18)/y = sin(x)/2y

sin(x)=2*sin(18)

sin(x)=2*0.309

sin(x)= 0.618

x=sin-1(0.618) ( sin-1 is sine inverse)

x=38.17 °

User Chris Evans
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