SOLUTION: .In a right triangle, the 58-cm hypotenuse makes a 51-degree angle with one of the legs. To the nearest tenth of a cm, how long is that leg? Once you have the answer, find two ways
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Question 1154773: .In a right triangle, the 58-cm hypotenuse makes a 51-degree angle with one of the legs. To the nearest tenth of a cm, how long is that leg? Once you have the answer, find two ways to calculate the length of the other leg. They should both give the same answer.
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.In a right triangle, the 58-cm hypotenuse makes a 51-degree angle with one of the legs. To the nearest tenth of a cm, how long is that leg?
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Call the leg a
a = 58*cos(51)
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Once you have the answer, find two ways to calculate the length of the other leg. They should both give the same answer.
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They should both give the same answer. --- as opposed to only 1 giving the same answer?
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Try "They should give the same answer."
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The other side (call it b) is 58*sin(51)
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And b^2 = 58^2 - a^2
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