Question

Find the value of X and Y. Show work.

Answer 1

Answer:

Value of x : $8\sqrt{3}$ or 13.86

Value of y : 16

Step-by-step explanation:

You can use trigonometric functions to find the values of x and y.

For x:

-Tangent is the one for x, so you can use:

tan(θ)=opposite/adjacent

-Plug the values in to get

tan(60)=x/8

x=8×tan(60)

x=$8\sqrt{3}$ or 13.86

For y:

For y we can either use trigonometric functions or the pythagorean theorem.

$a^{2} = b^{2} + c^{2}$

$y^{2} = 13.86^{2} + 8^{2}$

$y^{2} =256.1$

y is around 16