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Jessica G.

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Given sides of lengths 585 and 550 meters, find the included angle if the opposite side is 145 meters

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Use law of cosine.

c² = a² + b²- 2abCosC

where:

a, b, c are side lengths. C is the angle opposite of side c.

Given:

a = 550

b = 585

c = 145

Plug in the values into the formula for law of cosine.

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