Question 116799
Find A
The right triangle is 35 degrees one long side is 23m. Find A the short side.
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a would be the side opposite 35 degrees,
Side adjacent is given as 23 m
:
Tangent = side opposite/side adjacent
tan(35) = {{{a/23}}}
:
.7 = {{{a/23}}}
a = .7 * 23
a = 16.1 m is the short side