A triangle ABC and angle A is 70 degrees angle B is 62 degrees and angle C is 48 degrees, also B is the vertex, how do you find the longest side?

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Douglas K.
Sep 30, 2016

The side label side a is the longest side. Determining its actual length would require knowing the length of at least one other side.

Explanation:

Standard notation for triangles with the angles labeled with the uppercase letters A, B, and C is to label the opposite sides, a, b, and c, respectively.

The longest side is always the side opposite the largest angle. In the case that side would be label side a.

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