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Don’t understand how to do this

Don’t understand how to do this-example-1
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To find this, use trigonometry, specifically tangent.

Equation:

\tan( 70) = (39)/(x)
Multiply:

\tan(70) * x = 39
Divide:

x = 39 / \tan(70)
Solve:

x = 14.2
The answer is the second option, 14.2. Hope this helps!! :)
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