SOLUTION: If in a right triangle the side adjacent to 60 deg is 6 cm. long, the hypotenuse is

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Question 471778: If in a right triangle the side adjacent to 60 deg is 6 cm. long, the hypotenuse is




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If in a right triangle the side adjacent to 60 deg is 6 cm. long, the hypotenuse is
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Use the cos(60), %28side+adjacent%29%2Fhypotenuse
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cos(60) = 6%2Fh
.5 = 6%2Fh
.5h = 6
h = 12