daphnehenze3434 daphnehenze3434
  • 02-08-2018
  • Mathematics
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Law of cosines: a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bccos(A) What is the measure of P to the nearest whole degree? 35° 52° 57° 72°

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lisboa lisboa
  • 14-08-2018

Answer: 57°

Given : In triangle PQR, the side PQ is 17, QR is 15, and PR is 14.

We use law of cosine formula

[tex] QR^2 = PR^2 + PQ^2 - 2* PR * PQ * cos (P) [/tex]

[tex] 15^2 = 14^2 + 17^2 - 2*14 * 17 * cos(P) [/tex]

225 = 196 + 289 - 476 cos(P)

225 = 485 - 476 cos (P)

Subtract 485 on both sides

-260 = -476 cos(P)

[tex]\frac{260}{476} [/tex] = cos(P)

P = [tex] cos^{-1} (\frac{260}{476}) [/tex]

P= 56.89202

So measure of angle P is 57 degrees


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ava1225 ava1225
  • 20-03-2019

Answer:

is 57 degrees

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