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PLS HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO THIS PROBLEM!

PLS HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO THIS PROBLEM!-example-1
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In a right triangle, the cosine of one of the acute angles is

(adjacent side)/(hypotenuse).

cos (thirty-five°) = x / twelve.

Look up the cosine of (thirty-five°) on your calculator, or in a book, or on Floogle.

I'll bet you can handle it now

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