Find C vector, with two known magnitudes

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Homework Statement


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Homework Equations


the law of cosinus

The Attempt at a Solution


I have not been available to scan my work, but I'm kinda stuck at the beginning. And our teacher have not show us this kind of physics yet.
Thanks.
 
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Welcome to PF, what method have you already tried? I'm assuming you are using the tail-to-tip method since the law of cosines relevant. What exactly are you having trouble with?

Edit: I would appreciate even just a photo of your work (make sure its neat and legible).
 
So all I have to do is take the square root of ( |A|^2+ |B|^2cos79 ) ?
and then do tan delta to find the degree? (Which is not the question) ?
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Thanks for answering.
 

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Casodd said:
So all I have to do is take the square root of ( |A|^2+ |B|^2cos79 ) ?
and then do tan delta to find the degree? (Which is not the question) ?
picture:
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Thanks for answering.
Yes, this looks accurate. That's how I did it. Good job!