Question

To the nearest hundredth, what is the value of x?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. We already have the measure of the hypotenuse and one out of two acute angle, therefore:

sin53° = x/45 => x = sin53° · 45 ≈35.94

2. We already have one out of two legs of the triangle and one acute angle so we know that:

tan27° = 48/x => x = 48/tan27° ≈ 94.21