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HELP PLS 5. Find the missing side lengths. Leave the answers as radicals in simplest form.

HELP PLS 5. Find the missing side lengths. Leave the answers as radicals in simplest-example-1
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Answer:


a=22, b=11√(3)

Explanation:

Given a 30-60-90 triangle, the shortest side is always opposite of the smallest angle, in this case 11 is opposite the 30° angle. The largest side of a 30-60-90 triangle will always be twice the smallest, giving
a a measure of
22. To get the side across the 60° angle we multiply the smallest side by the square root of 3. Meaning
b=11√(3)

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