Question

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What is the measure of angle P?

Enter your answer as a decimal in the box. Round only your final answer to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

Answer: 61.9°

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Answer 2

P = 61.9°

Explanation:

We are given a right angled triangle, ΔPQR, with known side lengths for all three sides and we are to find the measure of angle P.

For that, we can use sin, cos or tan.

`sin P = \frac { 15 } { 17 }`

`sin P = 0.882`

`P = sin' ( 0 . 882 )`

P = 61.9°