T. S. White wrote:
> I have a math question related to my driveline angles. I would
> appreciate it if someone could solve this problem for me since I
> passed trig twice and never understood it once.
>
> I have a triangle with the angles 9, 168, 3. If the 9 degree angle
> changes to 5 degrees what are the other new angles? Thanks.
I think what you want is the law of sines:
a1/sin(a1) = b1/sin(b1) = c1/sin(c1)
a2/sin(a2) = b2/sin(b2) = c2/sin(c2)
But to solve, you need to know which sides are going to be the same
length after the change.
Then you can set, for example a1=a2 and b1=b2 letting c2 vary. In this
case I think the new (angle b2)
is 1.67.
scott s.
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