1. ## Help solving triangle please

Hey guys and girls I have a maths problem I'm stuck on I keep seeming to get the wrong answer when I move on to work out the angle of the triangle. Attached is the question and my working sheet in an image format. If anyone could tell me where I've gone wrong and help that would be great!

Like I said it is when using the cosine rule to work out the angle that I struggle and seem to get the wrong answer.

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Can you upload the picture to imgur or some place? I can barely read the text.

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Here's the link to view the images: matt4935's uploaded images - Imgur

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Originally Posted by matt4395
Here's the link to view the images: matt4935's uploaded images - Imgur
"matt4935's images are not publicly available."

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Hey sorry about that new to using this website.

imgur: the simple image sharer
imgur: the simple image sharer

Hope this works!

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You have a triangle, ABD, in which the side AB has length 6m, side BD has length 5m and the angle ABD is 20 degrees. The "cosine law" say that AB has length s where $s^2= 6^2+ 5^2- 2(6)(5)cos(20)= 36+ 25- 10(0.93969)= 61- 9.4= 51.6$

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ah thank you very much I think I see where I have gone wrong now

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Poo I meant it was when using the sine rule! Darn! SORRY Guys but yeah I actually did get the Cosine wrong