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find the missing side of each triangle.Leave your answers in simplest radical form.A √74B3√11C2√21D2√6E√123

find the missing side of each triangle.Leave your answers in simplest radical form-example-1
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In this problem we have two sides of the triangle and one algle that is between the known sides, so we can use the cos law:


x^2=a^2+b^2-2ab\cos (\theta)

and in our problem is going to be:


x^2=5^2+7^2-2(5)(7)\cos (90)

we know that cos(90) = 0, then the expression will be:


\begin{gathered} x^2=25+49 \\ x^2=74 \\ x=\sqrt[]{74} \end{gathered}

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