Five years ago an alligator was 2 1/6ft long but today the alligator is three times longer how long is the alligator now
2 answers:
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Answer:
x = 5.56
Step-by-step explanation:
Sin(17) =
=> Isolate the "x"
Sin(17) * 19 = x
5.56 = x
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Actually, the answer is not A, if you're saying A is the first choice above. That's incorrect. You will need to use the Geometric mean for right triangles here to figure out what the value of a is. We will use this form: 
. We have a value for YZ of 3; side a is XZ. That means in order to solve this we need WZ, which we can find using pythagorean's theorem. 3^2 + 4^2 = c^2 and 9 + 16 = c^2 and c = 5. Now we fill in accordingly: 
. Cross-multiply to get 3XZ=25 and side XZ is 
. XZ is 25/3 and YZ is 3, so 25/3 - 3 = XY. That means that XY (side a) = 16/3 or 5 1/3, choice B, or the second one down.
Step-by-step explanation:
Use the Pythagorean theorem:
We have
Substitute:
<em>subtract 16 from both sides</em>
Substitute: