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Hello everyone who would like to play Survi.io with me and also I have a question A triangle has one side that is 5 units long and an adjacent angle that measures 25°. The two other angles in the triangle measure 90° and 65°.

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Answer:

The lengths of the other two sides are 2.33 units and 5.52 units

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have three angles of a triangle given and a side, we use the sine rule to find the other two sides.

Given that the angles are 25, 90 and 65 respectively and the side adjacent to the 25 angle is 5 units. The side opposite to the 65 angle is also the 5 unit side and the side opposite to the 25 angle is the side adjacent to the 65 side, let it be "a" and, since we have a 90 angle, it is a right angled triangle.

So, using the sine rule, a/sin25 = 5/sin65

a = 5sin25/sin65

a = 5 × 0.4226/0.9063

a = 2.113/0.9063

a = 2.331

a ≅ 2.33 units long

We now find the side opposite the right angle by using Pythagoras' theorem. Let that side be "b".

So, b² = a² + 5²

b² = 2.33² + 5²

b²= 5.4289 + 25

b² = 30.4289

taking square-root of both sides, we have

√b² = √30.4289

b = 5.516

b ≅ 5.52 units long

So, the lengths of the other two sides are 2.33 units and 5.52 units

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