Example 2:

Find the length of the side marked x:

Solution:

We must first find the missing angle.  Its measure is 180^o – 34^o – 95^o = 51^o.  Then we can apply the Law of Sines to find x since it is opposite the 51^o angle:

 

 

So the side labeled x is about 11.7 cm long.

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