SOLUTION: Suppose a triangle has two sides of length 2 and 3 and that the angle between these two sides is 60°. What is the length of the third side of the triangle?

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Question 975541: Suppose a triangle has two sides of length 2 and 3 and that the angle between these two sides is 60°. What is the length of the third side of the triangle?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Perfect problem for using Law Of Cosines.

Specifically, 2%5E2%2B3%5E2-2%2A2%2A3%2Acos%2860%29=c%5E2, where "the third side" is length c.