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someone help ASAP! trigonometry!!! find the vaule of x. round to the nearest tenth. Enter number that belongs in the green box!!!!!!!

someone help ASAP! trigonometry!!! find the vaule of x. round to the nearest tenth-example-1
User Nik Graf
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Answer:

x = 13.7

Explanation:

Use sine:


sine=(opposite)/(hypotenuse)

We have a measure of the angle and length of the hypotenuse:


\alpha=17^o,\ hypotenuse=47


\sin17^o\approx0.2924

Therefore we have the equation:


(x)/(47)=0.2924 multiply both sides by 47


x=13.7428\to x\approx13.7

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