SOLUTION: Triangle ABC. Angle C=90, Suppose line a=6 and line c=8; find the measure of angle A.
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Question 145787: Triangle ABC. Angle C=90, Suppose line a=6 and line c=8; find the measure of angle A.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We basically have this triangle set up:
Since the opposite side is a=6 and the hypotenuse is c=8, this means that
So
Take the arcsine of both sides
Evaluate the right side
So the measure of angle A is approximately 48.59 degrees
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