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Acellus

Find Y.
Round to the nearest tenth.
20 ft/
\22 ft
Y
Х 18 ft
Y= [? ]°
Law of Cosines: c2 = a2 + b2 - 2ab cos C
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Acellus Find Y. Round to the nearest tenth. 20 ft/ \22 ft Y Х 18 ft Y= [? ]° Law of-example-1
User Pieter Goosen
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Answer:

58.9

Explanation:

y²=x²+z²-2×z cos(y)

20²=22²+18²-2(22)(18) cos (y)

400=484+324-792 cos(y)

-408=-772 cos (y)

408/792=cos y

y=cos⁻¹(408/792)=58.9

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