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Find the length of
__
JK
Round answer to nearest tenth.

Find the length of __ JK Round answer to nearest tenth.-example-1

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Answer:

Explanation:

We would apply the law of Cosines which is expressed as

a² = b² + c² - 2abCosA

Where a,b and c are the length of each side of the triangle and A is the angle corresponding to a. Likening the expression to the given triangle, it becomes

JK² = JL² + KL² - 2(JL × KL)Cos10

JK² = 61² + 53² - 2(61 × 53)Cos10

JK² = 3721 + 2809 - 6466Cos10

JK² = 6530 - 6367.767

JK² = 162.233

Taking square root of both sides of the equation, it becomes

JK = √162.233

JK = 12.73 to the nearest tenth

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