#Trigonometry

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sterile otter
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An isosceles triangle has sides of length 8 cm, 8 cm, and 5 cm.
Find the angle between the two equal sides.

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sterile otter
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Idk why im suffering with such problems _catdespair

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I tried to divide it into half

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Then apply cos x = 2.5/8

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I got 71.79

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Ans is 36 _crying

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If i divide it i get 36, but why would i need to divide?

dark grove
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sterile otter
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;-; cosines now?

dark grove
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Did you draw the diagram?

sterile otter
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Uhm i did

dark grove
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Show me.

sterile otter
dark grove
sterile otter
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An isosceles triangle has sides of length 8 cm, 8 cm, and 5 cm.
Find the angle between the two equal sides.

dark grove
sterile otter
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Dosent it represent the 'x'?

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Or wait

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Is it between the 8 cm and 8 cm side

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I mean the top angle?

dark grove
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...yes, those would be the two equal sides.

sterile otter
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Uhh

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Lemme calc one sec

sterile otter
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Tysm

dark grove
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Maybe you need a break.

sterile otter
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+close

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