document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=60973>Question 60973</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To whom may it concern,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have trouble to do this question.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length and width of a triangle are 19.2 cm and 12.4 cm respectively.  Find the angle between a diagonal and the shorter side of the triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help. Thank you very much.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CH Lam </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #42008 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=uma><B>uma(370)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=uma><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=42008\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I think the figure is a rectangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length = 19.2 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width = 12.4 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "With the diagonal, the figure becomes a right triangle with the length as its base and the width as its height.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Let the angle between the diagonal and the shorter side be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then tanx = 19.2/12.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          = 1.55\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "==> x = tan^(-1) (1.55)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      = 57 degrees.(approx)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The angle between the diagonal and the shorter side = 57 degrees.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Good Luck!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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