Question

What are the lengths of the legs of a right triangle in which one acute angle measures 19° and the hypotenuse is 15 units long?

Answer 1

The legs of a triangle with a hypotenuse that measures 15 units long have lengths that are equal to 15 times the sine or cosine of the given angle.
                      leg 1 = (15 units) x (cos 19) = 14.18 units
                      leg 2 = (15 units) x (sin 19) = 4.88 units
The lengths of the legs are 14.18 units and 4.88 units. 

Answer 2

The side opposite the angle 19 degrees is given by 15sin 19 = 4.9 units, while the side adjacent the angle 19 degrees is given by 15cos 19 = 14.2 units.