SOLUTION: IN Triangle ABC, AB=8, BC=5, and Angle C = 30 degrees. What is sin A?

Question 1167692: IN Triangle ABC, AB=8, BC=5, and Angle C = 30 degrees. What is sin A?
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the law of sin's
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8/sin(30) = 5/sin(A)
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8 * sin(A) = 5 * sin(30) = 5 * 0.5 = 2.5
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sin(A) = 2.5/8 = 0.3125
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The inverse sin function of 0.3125 is approximately 18.21
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Therefore, angle A = 18.21 degrees
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