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What is the value of w?

What is the value of w?-example-1
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The side opposite the 30o angle is 1/2 W. That is just a property of a 30 - 60 - 90 triangle. Use that fact to set up the pythagorean relationship.

w^2 = (1/2 w)^2 + (7 * sqrt(3)) ^2
w^2 = 1/4 w^2 + 49*3
w^2 = 1/4 w^2 + 147
3/4 w^2 = 147
w^2 = 147 * 4/3
w^2 = 49 * 4 = 196
w = sqrt (196)
w = 14
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