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Use your knowledge of special right triangles to find y. Write your answer in simplest radical form.

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Use your knowledge of special right triangles to find y. Write your answer in simplest-example-1

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Answer:


\sin(30°) = (10)/(y) \\ (1)/(2) = (10)/(y) \\ \boxed{y = 20 \: mi}

or,


\cos(60°) = (10)/(y) \\ (1)/(2) = (10)/(y) \\ \boxed{y = 20 \: mi}

20 mi is the right answer.

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