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Algebra.Com's Answer #394198 by jim_thompson5910(35256) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hint:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Draw a picture and use the tangent function to find the adjacent sides (given the angle and opposite side)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Edit:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you draw out the problem you'll get \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From there, you can use the tangent function to find each unknown variable. \n" ); document.write( " |