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A is 3 cm C is 4 cm B is 5 cm What is the degrees of B. Round answer to one decimal place.

A is 3 cm C is 4 cm B is 5 cm What is the degrees of B. Round answer to one decimal-example-1
User Drsnark
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The segment AB is:


\sqrt[]{3^2+4^2}=5

So now we can use the sin law to calculate the angle B so:


(\sin(90))/(5)=(\sin (B))/(3)

and we solve for B so:


\begin{gathered} \sin ^(-1)((3)/(5))=B \\ 36.9º=B \end{gathered}

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