The sum of two numbers is 41. The smaller number is 17 less than the larger number. What are the numbers?
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Recall:
The tan of the measure of an angle is the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side to that angle, that is :
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Since this ratio is 3/y, we denote the opposite side, and adjacent side respectively by 3 and y.
(Technically we should write 3t and yt, but we try our luck as we see y in the second ratio too!)
Similarly,
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The adjacent side is already denoted by y, so we denote the length of the hypotenuse by z.
Now the sides of the right triangle are complete.
Answer: A
The tan of the measure of an angle is the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side to that angle, that is :
Since this ratio is 3/y, we denote the opposite side, and adjacent side respectively by 3 and y.
(Technically we should write 3t and yt, but we try our luck as we see y in the second ratio too!)
Similarly,
The adjacent side is already denoted by y, so we denote the length of the hypotenuse by z.
Now the sides of the right triangle are complete.
Answer: A