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Find the missing side or angle.

Round to the nearest tenth.
A=15°
C= 120°
b=3
c=[? ]
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Given:


A=15^\circ, C=120^\circ,b=3.

To find:

The length of side c.

Solution:

According to the angle sum of property of a triangle, the sum of all interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.


m\angle A+m\angle B+m\angle C=180^\circ


15^\circ+m\angle B+120^\circ=180^\circ


m\angle B+135^\circ=180^\circ


m\angle B=180^\circ-135^\circ


m\angle B=45^\circ

According to the Law of sines,


(a)/(\sin A)=(b)/(\sin B)=(c)/(\sin C)

Using Law of sines, we get


(b)/(\sin B)=(c)/(\sin C)


(3)/(\sin 45^\circ)=(c)/(\sin 120^\circ)


(3)/((1)/(√(2)))=(c)/((√(3))/(2))


3√(2)* (√(3))/(2)=c

On further simplification, we get


(3√(6))/(2)=c


3.674235=c


c\approx 3.7

Therefore, the length of side c is about 3.7 units.

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