Consider the triangle below. Click on the picture to see it more clearly. In questions 1, 2 and 3 below, you are given 2 sides of a triangle and an angle opposite one of the sides. This is the so called "ambigous" case since it can give 0 triangle 1 triangle or 2 triangles. In each case determine the number of triangles possible with the given parts. (enter 0, 1 or 2) 1. a8, b= 12, A = 50° number of possible triangles: 2. a 13.6, b = 12, A = 41° number of possible triangles: 3. a 17.2, b = 25, A = 34° number of possible triangles:

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Consider the triangle below. Click on the picture to see it more clearly.
In questions 1, 2 and 3 below, you are given 2 sides of a triangle and an angle opposite one of the sides. This is the so called "ambigous" case since it can give 0 triangles,
1 triangle or 2 triangles.
In each case determine the number of triangles possible with the given parts. (enter 0, 1 or 2)
1. a = 8, b = 12, A = 50°
number of possible triangles:
2. a 13.6, b = 12, A = 41°
number of possible triangles:
3. a 17.2, b = 25, A = 34°
number of possible triangles:
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider the triangle below. Click on the picture to see it more clearly. In questions 1, 2 and 3 below, you are given 2 sides of a triangle and an angle opposite one of the sides. This is the so called "ambigous" case since it can give 0 triangles, 1 triangle or 2 triangles. In each case determine the number of triangles possible with the given parts. (enter 0, 1 or 2) 1. a = 8, b = 12, A = 50° number of possible triangles: 2. a 13.6, b = 12, A = 41° number of possible triangles: 3. a 17.2, b = 25, A = 34° number of possible triangles: 9. 9.
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