Suppose a triangle has two sides of length 2 and 5 and that the angle between these two sides is 60°. What is the length of the third side of the triangle?A.2B.C.5D.
Question
Suppose a triangle has two sides of length 2 and 5 and that the angle between these two sides is 60°. What is the length of the third side of the triangle?A.2B.C.5D.
Solution
To find the length of the third side of the triangle, we can use the Law of Cosines. The Law of Cosines states that c² = a² + b² - 2abcos(C), where a and b are the lengths of the two sides of the triangle, C is the angle between them, and c is the length of the side opposite angle C.
Here, a = 2, b = 5, and C = 60°.
So, c² = 2² + 5² - 225*cos(60°)
=> c² = 4 + 25 - 20*0.5 (since cos(60°) = 0.5)
=> c² = 29 - 10
=> c² = 19
Taking the square root of both sides to solve for c, we get c = √19.
So, the length of the third side of the triangle is √19 units.
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