SOLUTION: let angle ABC be the right triangle with side opposite to the angle b=53 degrees of length 1. sketch this right triangle and solve it by finding the measures of the unknown sides

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Question 1165306: let angle ABC be the right triangle with side opposite to the angle b=53 degrees of length 1. sketch this right triangle and solve it by finding the measures of the unknown sides and angles (note c= 90 degrees)
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is a 3-4-5 right triangle, and the side opposite to the side that is 4 is 53 degrees, because the sin 53=0.8, which is the ratio.
So scale this down to x-1-z, which is 1/4 as large
x is 0.75 and z is 1.25
the triangle sides are 0.75-1-1.25