Length of Remaining Side

Geometry Level 1

129 137 133 125

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2 solutions

Yashas Samaga
Mar 5, 2014

This question can be solved using the Law Of Cosines.

According to the law of cosines if θ \theta is the angle between two sides (namely a and b) the other side(side c) can be found using this relation:

c 2 = a 2 + b 2 2 a b . cos θ c^2=a^2 + b^2 - 2ab.\cos\theta

Using the given values and substituting them in the equation given above we can find the length of the unknown side.

Given: a = 9 , b = 13 , θ = 6 0 = 1 2 a = 9,b = 13,\theta=60^\circ=\frac{1}{2}

c 2 = 9 2 + 1 3 2 2 × 9 × 13. cos 6 0 c^2 = 9^2 + 13^2 - 2\times9\times13.\cos60^\circ

= 81 + 169 117 × 2 × 1 2 = 81 + 169 - 117\times2\times\frac{1}{2}

= 250 117 = 250 - 117

= 133 = 133

c 2 = 133 c^2 = 133

The answer to the question is 133

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Mohammad Sarfaraz - 7 years, 3 months ago
Mar John Quijas
Mar 5, 2014

use the cosine law in solving

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