Remember PEMDAS - parentheses, exponents, multiply, divide, add, subtract
because multiply come before subtract, your first step would be 1/2 x 2 = 1
next, you subtract -> 15 - 1 = 14
14 is your answer
Answer:
b = 159 m
a = 103 m
angle B is 57 degrees
Step-by-step explanation:
Let’s start with getting the measure of angle B
Mathematically, since we have a right triangle , we have to subtract the given angle from 90 to get the other acute angle
So we have the measure of B as;
90-33 = 57 degrees
To get the value of a, we use the appropriate trigonometric ratio
a faces the angle 33, that makes it an opposite to that angle
190 faces the right angle and that makes it the hypotenuse
Mathematically , the relationship between the two is that trigonometrically, they are related by the sine which is the ratio of the opposite to the hypotenuse
so, we have it that;
sine 33 = a/190
a = 190 * sine 33
a = 103 m
to get b, it is adjacent to the given angle
So with the hypotenuse, the ratio between it and the hypotenuse is the cosine
so;
cos 33 = b/190
b = 190 * cos 33
b = 159 m
