if there was a triangle with one side length being 20° and the other being 30°, what is the unknown side length?

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In a triangle, the sum of the interior angles must be 180°.

So, for a triangle with side lengths of 20° and 30°, the third angle would be:

180° - 20° - 30° = 130°

Now that we have all three angles, we can use trigonometry to find the missing side length using the Law of Sines:

a/sinA = b/sinB = c/sinC

Let's say the unknown side length is represented by 'x'. We can set up the equation:

x/sin20° = b/sin30°

Solving for 'b', we get:

b = x/sin20° * sin30°

Calculate the value of 'b' using the given information.