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If two angles of a triangle are 30° each and the longest side is 10cm. Calculate…

If two angles of a triangle are 30° each and the longest side is 10cm. Calculate the length of each of the other sides.

  • A.
    5cm
  • B.
    4cm
  • C.
    3√3 cm
  • D.
    (frac{10sqrt{3}}{3})cm
Correct Answer: Option D
Explanation

Let each of the unknown side be x.

(10^{2} = x^{2} + x^{2} – 2(x)(x) cos 120)

(100 = 2x^{2} – 2x^{2} cos 120)

(100 = 2x^{2} + x^{2} = 3x^{2})

x = (sqrt{frac{100}{3}})

= (frac{10}{sqrt{3}}) x (frac{sqrt{3}}{sqrt{3}})

x = (frac{10sqrt{3}}{3})cm