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Given the triangle below, what is the length of the third side, rounded to the nearest whole number?

Given the triangle below, what is the length of the third side, rounded to the nearest-example-1
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Answer:

Explanation:

You need the Law of Cosines for this, namely:


x^2=21^2+14^2-2(21)(14)cos58 where x is the missing side.


x^2=441+196-311.5925 and


x^2=325.4075 so

x = 18.0 or just 18

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