document.write( "Question 288597: i have a triangle with three angles of 45 75 and 60 degrees. the side opposite the 45 degrees is 5 long. how do i achieve the other two side please help. thank you \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #209180 by Theo(13342) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let your angles be A,B,C.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let the sides opposite each of those angles be a,b,c.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Side a is opposite angle A. \n" ); document.write( "Side b is opposite angle B. \n" ); document.write( "Side c is opposite angle C.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "angle A is equal to 45 degrees. \n" ); document.write( "angle B is equal to 75 degrees. \n" ); document.write( "angle C is equal to 60 degrees.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You are given that the side opposite the 45 degree angle is 5 units long.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Side a is 5 units long.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The law of Sines states that:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This means that the length of each side of a triangle is proportional to the measure of its corresponding angle.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In your triangle, this equation becomes:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The ratio of \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The ratio of \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The sides of your triangle should be:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a = 5 \n" ); document.write( "b = 6.830127019 \n" ); document.write( "c = 6.123724357\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The law of sines ratio should hold.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That ratio is, once again:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In your equation, that becomes:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Using the sines of those angles previously calculated gets us\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The law of sines has held and your answer is:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a = 5 \n" ); document.write( "b = 6.830127019 \n" ); document.write( "c = 6.123724357 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |