SOLUTION: a right triangle has a leg that measures 5 meters, the angle at the intersection of that same leg and the hypoteneuese is 35 degrees.... How do you find the measure of the hypotene
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Question 452472: a right triangle has a leg that measures 5 meters, the angle at the intersection of that same leg and the hypoteneuese is 35 degrees.... How do you find the measure of the hypoteneuese?
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a right triangle has a leg that measures 5 meters, the angle at the intersection of that same leg and the hypoteneuese is 35 degrees.... How do you find the measure of the hypoteneuese?
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You apply trigonometry.
cos = adjacent/hypotenuse
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Let h = hypotenuse
then
cos 35 = 5/h
h*cos 35 = 5
h = 5/cos 35
h = 6.10 meters
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