How do you solve the right triangle given A = 28° 30' , b = 18.3?
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Explanation:
We are given this triangle:
Since there are 60 minutes in a degree, we know that
Since we know
Since there are 180º in all triangles,
Now our triangle is:
Using the law of sines (
This simplifies to
Now our triangle looks like this:
From here, we can solve for side c by using the pythagorean theorem (
So we end with our solved triangle that looks like this: