document.write( "Question 1131379: Use the Law of Sines to solve the​ triangle, if possible.
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document.write( "This is the ambiguous case SSA where there are 2 solutions.\r\n" );
document.write( "The other tutor only gave one of the solutions.  Here\r\n" );
document.write( "are both solutions:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute what's given:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Take the last two expressions as a equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cross-multiply\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 50\r\n" );
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document.write( "The sine is positive in QI and QII, so\r\n" );
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document.write( "B = 75.94844394° and B = 180°-75.94844394 = 104.0515561 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's subscript the two possibilities for angle B like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "B1 = 75.94844394° and B2 = 104.0515561° \r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we calculate the two possibilities for angle A:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Angle A1 = 180° - Angle B1 - Angle C\r\n" );
document.write( "Angle A1 = 180° - 75.94844394° - 72°\r\n" );
document.write( "Angle A1 = 32.05155605°\r\n" );
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document.write( "Angle A2 = 180° - Angle B2 - Angle C\r\n" );
document.write( "Angle A2 = 180° - 104.0515561°  - 72°\r\n" );
document.write( "Angle A2 = 3.9484439°\r\n" );
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document.write( "Finally we calculate the two possibilities for side \"a\":\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute what is now known:\r\n" );
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document.write( "which shortens to:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide through by sin(72°)\r\n" );
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