Question

Using soh cah toa find length of PN and round answer to nearest tenth of a foot?

Answer 1

Answer:

About 2.6 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

The tangent of an angle in a right triangle is the length of the opposite side divided by the length of the adjacent side. Therefore:

$\tan 17= \dfrac{x}{8.6} \\\\x=\tan 17 \cdot 8.6\approx 2.6$

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