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Cosine Rule

Depending on which side you want to find, you can use one of the following formulas:

a 2 = b 2 + c 2 2 b c cos ( A )

b 2 = a 2 + c 2 2 a c cos ( B )

c 2 = a 2 + b 2 2 a b cos ( C )

The Cosine Rule:
Geometry

Since a line segment cannot be negative, we know that a = =3