When a hockey player attempts a shot,he is 26 feet from the left post of the goal and 40 feet from the right post. The distance
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Answer:
Pretty sure it's 20.24.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since you know the side adjacent to the reference angle and you want to find the side opposite, you're going to need to use tangent, which is opp/adj.
tan(39) =
Find the tangent of 39...
0.8097 is the approximate value. So...
0.8097 =
Now, switch the sides to make it easier.
= 0.8097
Multiply both sides by 25.
x = 20.24