SOLUTION: find the value of each vaiable. round decimals to the nearest tenth. There is a triangle it has a right angle and the hyp. is 8 the other sides are x and y and one of the corner

Question 95140: find the value of each vaiable. round decimals to the nearest tenth.
There is a triangle it has a right angle and the hyp. is 8 the other sides are x and y and one of the corners is 64 degrees.
i cant seem to know where to start or have any idea what in the world to do.
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this is a trigonometry problem using sine and cosine functions

the smaller side is equal to the hypotenuse times the cosine of 64� ... 8(cos64)=3.5

the larger side is equal to the hypotenuse times the sine of 64� ... 8(sin64)=7.2
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