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Old 28-05-2010, 05:29 PM
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The simplest way to solve this is with the sine rule.

A/sin(a) = B/sin(b) = C/sin(c)

where A, B, C are the lengths of the sides and a,b and c are their opposite angles.

Remember also that the sum of the angles in a triangle = 180°.

So the missing angle is 45° (=180-71-64).

Therefore, 5/sin(45) = B/sin(71) = C/sin(64)

Therefore, B = 6.6858259654412220511751510867703

and C = 6.3554336502823673953106682165706


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Last edited by sheeny; 28-05-2010 at 06:07 PM. Reason: Fix up Calcs - there...that looks better...
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