Early in 1776, King George consented to the hiring of thousands of Hessian mercenaries to assist the British troops already in America in crushing the rebellion. The Revolutionary War lasted nearly eight years, largely because King George refused to surrender the colonies.
The angular measurement is half the angle in the center, so we deduce the angle BAC equals half the angle in the center. Which mean BAC = 1/2 BOC => BAC = 52/2 = 26°.
