Question

• find the missing information for the triangle​

Answer 1

You either need two sides and the angle between them or two angles and the side between them. Otherwise, you can construct a family of triangles that include the given pieces.

Explanation:

"How do you find the missing sides of a triangle?"

I'm not a mathematician, but it seems to me that no one can find the missing sides (note the plural: "sides") of a triangle by having just one -- or none. You need at least two sides to get an answer...

Answer 2

Angle B= 30° (Given)

Angle M= 90°

Angle X= 60°

The short side (Side MX) is 4cm (Given)

The longer side (Side BM) is 6.928 cm

The longest side (Known as the hypotenuse, in this case it is side BX), is 8 cm.


Using trigonometry, the angles and sides of a right triangle can be calculated using the law of sines, which says that the ratio of the length of any side to the sine of the angle opposite equals the ratio of the length of another side to the sine of its opposing angle. It is very hard to explain sine and cosine values for me using a keyboard so unfortunately I cannot post all of my work referring to trigonometric function values thereof :)