SOLUTION: Find the legs for a 20, 70, 90 triangle.

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Question 482634: Find the legs for a 20, 70, 90 triangle.
Answer by cleomenius(959) About Me  (Show Source):
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I believe we need the measurement for one of the sides to complete this example.
Since this is a 90 degree triangle, we can use the trig functions:
sin = opp/hyp
cos = adj/hyp
tan = opp/adj.
Cleomenius.