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Suppose a triangle has two sides of length 42 and 35, and that the angle between these two sides is 120. What is the length of the third side of the triangle?

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Answer:

66.78 just took the cst test

Explanation:

User Donnior
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Using cosine rule, the required side is given by:
sqrt(42^2 + 35^2 - (2 x 42 x 35 x cos 120))
= sqrt(1764 + 1225 - (-1470))
= sqrt(2989 + 1470)
= sqrt(4459)
≈ 67
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