There's two ways, you can either multiply 11 and 7 to get 77 and then divide by 2, OR, you can divide 11 by 2 and get 5.5 and multiply that by 7, hope this makes sense, if you don't understand just comment and I'll explain it more :)
Answer:
We use cosine rule also called cosine law which states
c^2=a^2+b^2-2abcosC
given
a=8cm, b=7cm, c=9cm cos C?
9^2=8^+7^2-2*8*7 cos C
expand
81=64+49-112 cos C
like terms together
81-113=-112 cos C
-32=-112cos C
multiply both sides by -1
32=112cos C
divide both sides by 112
32/112=cos C
cosC=0.2857
find cos inverse of 0.2857
angle C= 73.40
A(n) = current term
a(n + 1) = next term
in a geometric sequence, the next term comes from a product of the current term and the common ratio.
the common ratio can be any value, let's say use r = ½.
if the current term is say hmmm 40, the next term is 40*½ , or 20, so indeed, the next term is smaller.
