Question

What is the value of x to the nearest tenth in the triangle below?

Answer 1

wats given?
cos 35°= adjacent/HYPOTENUSE
cos35°=x/17
13.9

Answer 2

We'll use cosine for this.

Cos 35* = x/17

Cos 35* (0.81915204428) = x/17

Multiply both sides by 17

13.9255847529 = x

The length of x is 13.9255847529, or 13.9