SOLUTION: If a right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 17 and an adjacent side of length 15? what is the missing side? And find all 6 trigonometric functions?

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Question 956876: If a right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 17 and an adjacent side of length 15? what is the missing side? And find all 6 trigonometric functions?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the Pythagorean theorem,
X%5E2%2B15%5E2=17%5E2
X%5E2=289-225
X%5E2=65
X=8
You didn't specify which angle so I'll leave that to you to find the trig functions.
The two angles are,
sin%28alpha%29=15%2F17
alpha=61.9
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sin%28beta%29=8%2F17
beta=28.1