SOLUTION: Draw a right triangle with one angle measuring 25 degrees and a hypotenuse of 87 units. What is the length of the side adjacent to the 25 degree angle? Round your answer to the

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Question 1018360: Draw a right triangle with one angle measuring 25 degrees and a hypotenuse of 87 units. What is the length of the side adjacent to the 25 degree angle? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hard for me to draw it for you here, but we can use the cosine function to find the length of the side you want...call it x...so that
x = 87 cos 25 = 78.8 units