SOLUTION: Find the measuring angle and side measures of triangle abc, given angle a equals 20 degrees, angle c equals 90 degrees, and CB=20

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Question 562537: Find the measuring angle and side measures of triangle abc, given angle a equals 20 degrees, angle c equals 90 degrees, and CB=20
Answer by issacodegard(60)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x=AC and z=BA. The third angle is 180-(20+90)=70 degrees. To find x, we realize that the triangle is a right triangle with legs AC and CB and hypotenuse BA. Therefore,

so

Further, we know that

So,

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