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Given that

a
= 6 cm and
b
= 11 cm, work out
θ
rounded to 1 DP.

User Ecjb
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Answer:

56.9°

Explanation:

Assuming you mean a and b as the legs of a right triangle and θ as the bigger angle in a right triangle, we can work out easily that

cos θ = 6/11

so θ ≈ 56.9°(to 1 d.p.)

User Konchy
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Not enough information in order to solve. Need to know where a and b are
User Benjamin Hubbard
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