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So with this triangle, it's considered a "special triangle". The 30-60-90 triangle states that if the short leg is x, the hypotenuse is 2x and the long leg is x√3.

Now since the 60° is across from 11, I can presume that 11 is the long leg, and to get the short leg HG, you would need to divide 11 by √3. However, we need to rationalize the denominator. To do that, multiply the fraction by √3/√3:


(11)/(√(3))*(√(3))/(√(3))=(11√(3))/(3)

Next, since we got the short leg, multiply that by 2 to get the hypotenuse:


(11√(3))/(3)*(2)/(1)=(22√(3))/(3)

In short, HG =
(11√(3))/(3) and HI =
(22√(3))/(3) . The correct option is D.

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