SOLUTION: How do you find the measure of angle A in a right triangle when you have the hypostenuse side value of 4 and adjacent side value of 3? I have done cosA which is 3/4. It also says u

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Question 873904: How do you find the measure of angle A in a right triangle when you have the hypostenuse side value of 4 and adjacent side value of 3? I have done cosA which is 3/4. It also says use inverse trig functions to solve.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How do you find the measure of angle A in a right triangle when you have the hypostenuse side value of 4 and adjacent side value of 3? I have done cosA which is 3/4. It also says use inverse trig functions to solve.
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arccos(3/4) = 41.41 degrees
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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