Describe how the number sentences in each exercise are related
2 answers:
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9514 1404 393
Answer:
BC ≈ 17.0 (neither Crow nor Toad is correct)
Step-by-step explanation:
The left-side ratio of (2+4)/4 = 3/2 suggests BC is 3/2 times the length DE. If that were the case, BC = (3/2)(11) = 16.5, as Crow says.
The right-side ratio of (5+9)/9 = 14/9 suggests that BC 9 is 14/9 times the length DE. If that were the case, BC = (14/9)(11) = 154/9 = 17 1/9 ≈ 17.1, as Toad says.
The different ratios of the two sides (3/2 vs 14/9) tell you that the triangles are NOT similar, so the length of BC cannot be found by referring to the ratios of the given sides.
Rather, the Law of Cosines must be invoked, first to find angle A (109.471°), then to use that angle to compute the length of BC given the side lengths AB and AC. That computation gives BC ≈ 16.971. (See the second attachment.)
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
We have a positive value for the cosine of x, so we know that the value of x should be in the first quadrant (0 ≤ x ≤ 90) or in the fourth quadrant (270 ≤ x ≤ 360).
Now, let's find the value of x that gives cos(x) = 0.7252 using the inverse function of the cosine, that is, the arc cosine function.
The value of x can be calculated using:
Using this function in a calculator (you may find it as: ), we have that:
So this is the value of x in the first quadrant. To find the other value of x, in the fourth quadrant, that gives the same result, we just need to calculate 360° minus the value we found:
So the values of x are: