My guess is that you're doing the Law of Cosines? You have everything you need for that except the angle theta, which is the thing you need to find. It's set up like this: (8)^2 = (10)^2 + (5)^2 -[2(10)(5)cos A] I used A instead of theta. Doing that math, you have: 64 = 100 + 25 -[ 100 cos A]; 64 = 125 - 100 cos A;
-61 = - 100 cos A; -61 / -100 = cos A; .61 = cos A. Now use your inverse function on your calculator to find cos^-1(.61) and that equals 52.4
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
y = mx + b, where m = slope, and b = y-intercept.
Since you are not given the y-intercept, you have to solve for it through the equation, y = (4/5)x (which is the slope you are given) + b, and replace x and y with values given, which are (-5,-3)
y = (4/5)x + b
-3 = (4/5)(-5) + b
-3 = -4 + b
1 = b
Then replace b in the first equation to get the answer
y = (4/5)x + 1
