Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 10 - Cumulative Review Exercises - Page 1128: 52

Answer

The missing quantities for the triangle are $ c=39.5,B={{54}^{{}^\circ }},C={{92}^{{}^\circ }}$ or $ c=13.7,B={{126}^{{}^\circ }},C={{20}^{{}^\circ }}$.

Work Step by Step

By using the sine rule, $\frac{\sin A}{a}=\frac{\sin B}{b}=\frac{\sin C}{c}$ For B, $\begin{align} & \sin B=\frac{b\times \sin A}{a} \\ & \sin B=\frac{32\times \sin {{34}^{{}^\circ }}}{22} \\ & \sin B=0.8134 \\ & B\approx {{54}^{{}^\circ }},{{126}^{{}^\circ }} \end{align}$ Now, use the angle sum property to find the value of C. $\begin{align} & A+B+C={{180}^{{}^\circ }} \\ & {{34}^{{}^\circ }}+{{54}^{{}^\circ }}+C={{180}^{{}^\circ }} \\ & C={{92}^{{}^\circ }} \end{align}$ Or $\begin{align} & {{34}^{{}^\circ }}+{{126}^{{}^\circ }}+C={{180}^{{}^\circ }} \\ & C={{180}^{{}^\circ }}-{{160}^{{}^\circ }} \\ & C={{20}^{{}^\circ }} \end{align}$ Applying sine rule for $ C={{92}^{{}^\circ }}$ $\begin{align} & c=22\frac{\sin {{92}^{{}^\circ }}}{\sin {{34}^{{}^\circ }}} \\ & =39.5 \end{align}$ Then, apply sine rule for $ C={{20}^{{}^\circ }}$ $\begin{align} & c=22\frac{\sin {{20}^{{}^\circ }}}{\sin {{34}^{{}^\circ }}} \\ & =13.7 \end{align}$ Hence, the missing quantities for the triangle are $ c=39.5,B={{54}^{{}^\circ }},C={{92}^{{}^\circ }}$ or $ c=13.7,B={{126}^{{}^\circ }},C={{20}^{{}^\circ }}$.
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