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Use Law of Cosines to solve for this problem. Round your answer to the nearest TENTH.

Use Law of Cosines to solve for this problem. Round your answer to the nearest TENTH-example-1
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We can find the distance from the basket to malachi (BC) using the law of cosines. Therefore:


\begin{gathered} BC=√(AB^2+AC^2-2(AB)(AC)cos(A)) \\ BC=√(24^2+26^2-2(24)(26)cos(34)) \\ BC\approx14.7ft \end{gathered}

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The distance between the basket and Malachi is 14.7 ft

Use Law of Cosines to solve for this problem. Round your answer to the nearest TENTH-example-1
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