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User Ben Manes
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Answer:

88.2

Explanation:

(look at the picture)

We have opposite and adjacent. Therefore we must use the tangent:


\tangent=(opposite)/(adjacent)


adjacent=500\\opposite=x\\\tan10^o\approx0.1763

Substitute:


(x)/(500)\approx0.1763 multiply both sides by 500


x\approx88.15\to x\approx88.2

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