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amoori
Jul 8, 2012, 08:01 AM
For the points A(3,0),B(5,2)and c(7,-2),calculate the angle BAC

Unknown008
Jul 8, 2012, 08:56 AM
Use your formulae. What do you get?

ebaines
Jul 9, 2012, 04:21 AM
Couple of ways to do this:

a) you could apply the law of cosines, or
b) you could find the difference of the slopes of the lines AB and AC, then take the arctangent of the result.