A triangle has sides A, B, and C. Sides A and B have lengths of 5 and 4, respectively. The angle between A and C is 13π24 and the angle between B and C is 3π8. What is the area of the triangle?

1 Answer
Jun 10, 2018

since a>b, but ˆA<ˆB, such a triangle cannot exist.

Explanation:

a=5,ˆA=3π8,b=4,ˆb=13π24

THEOREM. A greater angle of a triangle is opposite a greater side.

Let ABC be a triangle in which angle ABC is greater than angle

BCA; then side AC is also greater than side AB

since a>b, but ˆA<ˆB, such a triangle cannot exist.