Suppose you have triangle ABC with the given information.
The measure of angle A = 65
Meansure of angle B = 35
Length of side a = 12
What is the measure of angle C and the lengths of sides b and c?
If this was a right triangle, we could simply use sine, cosine of tangent to get side b or c and the other side would be obtained using the Pythagorean Theorem.
But since this is not a right triangle (measure of angle C = 80), we can use the Law Of Sines which states
SinA/a = SinB/b = SinC/c (alternatively it be can be written a/SinA = b/SinB = c/SinC)
We will use
SinA/a = SinB/b to get the length of side b
therefore
Sin(65)/12 = Sin(35)/b
12*Sin(35) = b*Sin(65)
6.88 = 0.906b
b = 7.6
Now we can get c using
SinA/a = SinC/c
Sin(65)/12 = Sin(80)/c
12*Sin(80) c*Sin(65)
11.82 = 0.906c
c = 13.05
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