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Find the measure of x.

X
56.76°
56.76
x = [?]
Round to the nearest hundredth.

Find the measure of x. X 56.76° 56.76 x = [?] Round to the nearest hundredth.-example-1
User Rylan Schaeffer
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Since 56.76 degrees is beta, 56.76 is adjacent and x is hypothesis.
Adjacent over hypothesis is cosine. So,
Cos(56.76) = 56.76/x
X = 56.76/cos(56.76)
X = 103.55
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