Loonie
Loonie has three wooden sticks measuring 17 inches, 21 inches, and 25 inches. He lays them down to form a triangle. Find the measure of the angle enclosed by 17 inches and 21 inches. (Express answers to the nearest hundredths) (using the law of cosines)
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You need to know the following knowledge to solve this word math problem:
- algebra
- expression of a variable from the formula
- planimetrics
- Pythagorean theorem
- triangle
- The Law of Cosines
- numbers
- fractions
- goniometry and trigonometry
- cosine
- arccosine
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