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Find the missing side or angle.

Round to the nearest tenth.
b=15 a=30 c=29 a=[?]. Acellus plz

Find the missing side or angle. Round to the nearest tenth. b=15 a=30 c=29 a=[?]. Acellus-example-1
User Totiana
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Answer:

∠ A ≈ 79.0°

Explanation:

Using the Cosine rule to find the angle

cosA =
(b^2+c^2-a^2)/(2bc)

=
(15^2+29^2-30^2)/(2(15)(29))

=
(225+841-900)/(870)

=
(166)/(870) , then

A =
cos^(-1) (
(166)/(870) ) ≈ 79.0° ( to the nearest tenth )

User Ryan Guill
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