cadance68
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  • 15-02-2021
  • Mathematics
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Find MN to the nearest tenth?

A. 11.34
B. 16.1
C. 39.6
D. 23.8

Find MN to the nearest tenth A 1134 B 161 C 396 D 238 class=

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jackiezhang2007
jackiezhang2007 jackiezhang2007
  • 15-02-2021

As the question say this problem is a practice of the law of cosines!

The law of cosine: c^2=a^2+b^2-2ab*cos*c for any side a, b and c

The law can also be written as c=sqrt(a^2+b^2-2abcosc)

Now use this formula!(note cos 100 degrees is about 0.8623)

c=sqrt(15^2+16^2-2*15*16*cos100)

solving this we can MN is about 23.75

Round this to the nearest tenths now!

We get 23.8!

Thus the answer is D

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