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
X=6 and y=-9. Not sure if y is correct since I kind of rushed but I hope this helps!
Answer: 6
Step-by-step explanation:
They are similar triangles so they have proportionality
For the small triangle the side is 2 and the hypoteneuse is 4, for the large triangle the side is 5 so the entire hypoteneuse is 10. 10-4 = 6 which is the missing side
