You know the measures of two sides and their included angle, so use the
Law of cosines to find the unknown side measure.
In , by the law of cosines,
Substitute
(Evaluate powers)
(Multiply)
(Add)
(Take the square root of each side)
(Use a calculater)
The unknown side measure .
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