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Solve for angle A with sides 6,10,9

Solve for angle A with sides 6,10,9-example-1
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Answer:

c = 13.52 units.

Explanation:

So for this, lets use the Law of Sines, which says that:

Sin A / a = Sin B / b = Sin C / c

We have everything for this except the the angle measure of angle C. This can be found by doing 180 - 80 - 33, since the total interior angle measure of a triangle always equals 180 degrees.

180 - 80 - 33 = 67 degrees

With this, we can use the angle & side of A/a as well as the angle of C to get the side of c by using the Law of Sines

Sin A / a = Sin C / c

sin 33/8 = sin 67/c

c = 8*sin67 / sin 33

c = 13.52 units.