The total cost of a pair of shoes is $85.86. what was the cost of the shoes before the 8% sales tax was added?

In triangle abc, the length of side ab is 12 cm, the length of side bc is 5 cm, and the length of side ca is 9 cm. find the measure of angle a using the law of cosines.

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(05.08a)triangle abc is transformed to similar triangle a′b′c′ below: a coordinate plane is shown. triangle abc has vertices a at 2 comma 6, b at 2 comma 4, and c at 4 comma 4. triangle a prime b prime c prime has vertices a prime at 1 comma 3, b prime at 1 comma 2, and c prime at 2 comma 2. what is the scale factor of dilation? 1 over 2 1 over 3 1 over 4 1 over 5