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Answer:
392 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
As in the attached figure, you seem to have sides b and c of the triangle, along with angle C. You want to find side 'a'. The law of sines can be used to find angle B, then angle A can be found from the sum of angles. Knowing angle A, we can find side 'a'.
sin(B)/b = sin(C)/c
sin(B) = (b/c)sin(C) = 400/550·sin(88°)
B = arcsin(8/11·sin(88°)) ≈ 46.621°
Then angle A = ...
A = 180° - B - C = 180° -46.621° -88° = 45.379°
Now, we can find side 'a' from ...
a/sin(A) = c/sin(C)
a = c·sin(A)/sin(C) ≈ 550·sin(45.379°)/sin(88°) ≈ 391.710 . . . feet
The unknown side of the triangle is about 392 feet.
