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What is the length of the long leg in the right triangle shown below ?

What is the length of the long leg in the right triangle shown below ?-example-1

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What is the length of the long leg in the right triangle shown below ?-example-1
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The answer to your question is: length = 10.4 units

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Data

It's a right triangle with angles 30°- 60°- 90°

I'll solve this exercise with the function sine and cosine

a) sin 60 = long leg / hypotenuse

long leg = hypotenuse x sin 60

long leg = 12 x 0.87

lon leg = 10.4 units

b) cos 30 = long leg / hypotenuse

long leg = hypotenuse x cos 30

long leg = 12 x 0.87

long leg = 10.4 units

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