SOLUTION: A rectangle is 10 cm by 24 cm. Find the angle formed by the longer side and a diagonal.

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Question 1020229: A rectangle is 10 cm by 24 cm. Find the angle formed by the longer side and a diagonal.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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So it's a right triangle with an adjacent side of 24 and an opposite side of 10. The diagonal would then be the hypotenuse.
tan%28A%29=OPP%2FADJ
tan%28A%29=10%2F24
tan%28A%29=5%2F12
A=22.6 degrees