document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=145787>Question 145787</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Triangle ABC. Angle C=90, Suppose line a=6 and line c=8; find the measure of angle A.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #106394 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=106394\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We basically have this triangle set up:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=drawing%28500%2C500%2C-0.5%2C2%2C-0.5%2C3.2%2C%0D%0A%0D%0Aline%280%2C0%2C0%2C3%29%2C%0D%0Aline%280%2C3%2C2%2C0%29%2C%0D%0Aline%282%2C0%2C0%2C0%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-0.2%2C1.5%2C6%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%281%2C2%2C8%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-.1%2C3%2CB%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%280%2C0%2CC%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%282%2C0%2CA%29%0D%0A%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the opposite side is a=6 and the hypotenuse is c=8, this means that\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sin%28A%29=3%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sin%28A%29=3%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A=arcsin%283%2F4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A=arcsin%283%2F4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Take the arcsine of both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A=48.59038 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A=48.59038\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Evaluate the right side\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the measure of angle A is approximately 48.59 degrees\r<BR>\n" );
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