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Given the triangle below, what is m triangleA, rounded to the nearest tenth?

Given the triangle below, what is m triangleA, rounded to the nearest tenth?-example-1

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Answer:

B because it is close to 30

Explanation:

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Answer:

The correct answer is option A 17.8°

Explanation:

From the figure attached with this answer,

We can see a perpendicular from B to side AC

To find BD

In triangle BDC, its angles are 30°, 60° and 90°

Therefore the sides are in the ratio 1 :√3 : 2

Here BC = 11

BD : DC : BC = 1 :√3 : 2 = 11√3/2 : 11/2 : 11

Therefore BD = 11/2

To find the value of m<A

We have

Sin ∅ = Opposite side /Hypotenuse

AB = 18 and BD = 11/2

Sin A = BD/AB =(11/2)/18 = 11/36 = 0.3055

m<A = Sin⁻¹(0.3055) = 17.79 ≈ 17.8°

Therefore the correct answer is option A 17.8°

Given the triangle below, what is m triangleA, rounded to the nearest tenth?-example-1
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