Unit 8: Right Triangles & Trigonometry Homework 4

In triangle abc, the length of side ab is 12 cm, the length of side bc is 5 cm, and the length of side ca is 9 cm. find the measure of angle a using the law of cosines.

Will give are given that xy is parallel to zw. if xz is a transversal that intercepts xy and zw, angle angle alternate interior angles. since xy is parallel to zw, we know that these angles are we also know that angle xvy and angle zvw are , and thus congruent. we can conclude that △xyv ~ △zwv using the similarity theorem.

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