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Can you help me with number 14? Thank you I am having trouble with it.

Can you help me with number 14? Thank you I am having trouble with it.-example-1
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To solve number 14, we will make use of the Law of Cosines, which states that:


=\sqrt[]{^2+^2^{}-2\cos}

As in our problem b = 15, c = 13 and A = 95°,we can replace these values in the formula and solve for a:


=\sqrt[]{15^2+13^2-2\cdot(15\cdot13)\cos 95}
=\sqrt[]{15^2+13^2-390\cos 95}
a\approx20.69

In our case, a is the segment BC.

Answer: 20.7

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