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In triangle ABC (with the usual notation, as used in Figure 44 of Unit 4),angle A = 27°, side b = 30 cm and side c = 20 cm. (a) Use the cosine rule to show that the length of side a is 15.19, rounded to two decimal places. (b) Without using the cosine rule again, find the remaining angles B and C,giving your answers to the nearest degree. (c) (i) Find the area of this triangle, giving your answer in cm² to two decimal places. (ii) By what factor would the area of the triangle increase if the lengths of side b and side c were doubled, and also the angle A were doubled(so now angle A = 54°)? Give your answer to two decimal places.

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