Problema Solution

AC = 15 centimeters, m B = 68°, and m C = 24°. What is BC to two decimal places?

Answer provided by our tutors

the angles of a triangle always sum to 180 degrees thus


m A = 180 - (m B + m C)


m A = 180 - (68 + 24)


m A = 88


using the Law of Sines (or Sine Rule) we have:


AC/(sin (m C)) = BC/(sin (m A))


BC = AC*(sin (m A))/(sin (m C))


BC = 15*sin(88)/(sin(24))


BC = 36.86 cm