# math

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Find, correct to the nearest degree, the three angles of the triangle with the given vertices.?

A(2, 0),B(4, 5), C(-3,2)

ANGLE- CAB
ANGLE- ABC
ANGLE- BCA
In degrees.

I got the vectors AB <,5>
BC <1,3>
AC <-1,2>

and I know the equation b.c= |b| |c| cos t

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I have no idea how you were taught to calculate vectors.
For any two points P(a,b) and Q(c,d)
vector PQ = < c-a, d-b>
I got
vector AB = <2,5>
vector BC = <-7,-3) and
vector AC = <-5,2>

let angle CAB = Ø
then vector AC . vector AB = |AC| |AB| cosØ
<-5,2> . <2,5> = | <-5,2>| |<2,5>| cosØ
-10+10 = √29 √29 cosØ
cosØ = 0
Ø = 90°

well, that was obvious from looking at the two vectors, their dot product is zero, so they are perpendicular

for angle ABC
<-3,-7> . <-5,-2> = √58 √29 cos B
15+14 = √58√29cosB
cos B =.707106...
B = 45°

Suppose we had taken the length of each vector

|AB = √29
|AC| = √29
|BC| = √58

so it is isosceles, and since
(√58) ^2 = (√29)^2 + (√29)^2
so it is also right-angled, as I showed in my first method.

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I have no idea how you were taught to calculate vectors.
For any two points P(a,b) and Q(c,d)
vector PQ = < c-a, d-b>
I got
vector AB = <2,5>
vector BC = <-7,-3) and
vector AC = <-5,2>

let angle CAB = Ø
then vector AC . vector AB = |AC| |AB| cosØ
<-5,2> . <2,5> = | <-5,2>| |<2,5>| cosØ
-10+10 = √29 √29 cosØ
cosØ = 0
Ø = 90°

well, that was obvious from looking at the two vectors, their dot product is zero, so they are perpendicular

for angle ABC
<-3,-7> . <-5,-2> = √58 √29 cos B
15+14 = √58√29cosB
cos B =.707106...
B = 45°

Suppose we had taken the length of each vector

|AB = √29
|AC| = √29
|BC| = √58

so it is isosceles, and since
(√58) ^2 = (√29)^2 + (√29)^2
so it is also right-angled, as I showed in my first method.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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