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College Algebra & Trigonometry, 2018a

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11.4. APPLICATIONS 497<br />

C<br />

a =25 135 ◦ b =?<br />

B c =50<br />

A<br />

We can use the Law of Cosines to solve this problem:<br />

b 2 = a 2 + c 2 − 2ac cos B<br />

b 2 =25 2 +50 2 − 2 ∗ 25 ∗ 50 ∗ cos 135 ◦<br />

b 2 ≈ 625 + 2500 − 2500 ∗ (−0.7071)<br />

b 2 ≈ 3125 + 1767.75<br />

b 2 ≈ 4892.75<br />

b ≈ 69.9 miles

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