SOLUTION: A rectangle is 4.5cm long and 24mm wide. Find the angle between diagonal and shorter side. Answer to nearest degree.

Question 1035566: A rectangle is 4.5cm long and 24mm wide. Find the angle between diagonal and shorter side. Answer to nearest degree.
Found 2 solutions by addingup, Aldorozos:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tan^-1 (45/24) = 61.92 degrees
Answer by Aldorozos(172) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

See attachment. First your have to convert millimeter to centimeter to make sure all sides of the rectangle are converted to the same metric system. In this case you will have 4,5 cm and 2.4 cm. When you divide 24mm/10 you get 2.4 cm. Now you have a triangle that has one side which is 4.5 cm and another side 2.4 cm. The tangent of the angle is 4.5/2.4 = 1.875
Now you have to find what angle has a tangent which is 1.875
To do this you either need a calculator or you need to go to www.google.com and find the list of the angles with their tangent:
Here is a link: http://www.science-projects.com/TangentTable.htm
If you look at the table, you will find 1.8804 is the tangent of angle which is 62. Therefore, the nearest degree is 62. Please see attachment for graphics.
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