It's too hard for me to show all the work, but you can find a common denominator in 8.
Change 3/4 to 6/8 and -3/2 to -12/8.
Now that all the fractions have the same denominator, you can multiply the whole problem by 8 and cancel out all denominators.
You are left with 6=3x-12
Add 12 to 6 and cancel out on the right side.
18=3x
Divide by 18 by 3
x=6
Remark
First of all, we had best correct the labeling. The adjacent is the side making up the unknown angle, and the opposite is the side not making up the given angle (in this case, x)
So you have mixed up the opposite and the adjacent. You need to switch them.
Step Two (Bottom Diagram)
Sin(x) = opposite / hypotenuse
Sin(x) = 12 / 18
Sin(x) = 2/3
Sin(x) = 0.6666666666
x = sin-1(0.66666666)
x = 41.18103
Problem One (Top One)
Sin(x) = opp/hypotenuse
Sin(x) = 4/5
Sin(x) = 0.8
x = sin-1(0.8)
x = 53.13 Answer <<<<<
10.5/7 is all you would need to do to find your answer of 1.5 yards of ribbon per bow.
B
To solve for the inverse, just swap the x and y and solve for the new y.
Then inspect both functions for the domain.
In the original function, x has to be greater than or equal to 0 or else you would have a negative square root which is impossible.
The inverse function has no limitations as any x could make that true.
The main things that will limit domain is square root of negative or divide by zero.
Therefore, x>=0 is the only domain restriction.
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