Finding the angle opposite the R

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can you show me another way of finding the angle opposite the resultant

the way I find it is by constructing a parallelogram and knowing that the angles in a parallelogram add up to 360 deg and knowing that the angle between F1 and F2 is 25 deg then I subtracted twice of that to 360 deg getting 310 deg and dividing by 2 I get the angle opposite R as 155 deg.

can you show me another method on how to determine that without using parallelogram rule. thanks!
 
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  • Two vector diagrams: left shows forces Q = 60 N and P = 40 N from point A, 25° apart, P at 20° above a horizontal line; right shows vectors Q and P from A with resultant R along the diagonal of a parallelogram, angle α marked at A.
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  • Vector diagram with origin A and vectors P and Q from A forming parallelogram with resultant R in blue; dashed construction lines, angle 25° marked, angle alpha and angle a at the P vector.
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