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A lamp produced a shadow of a man standing in the middle of a stage.

It forms a right triangle with one leg being 25 meters and one of the angles measures 40 degrees. How long is the shadow?

A. 9.60 meters
B.11.38 meters
C.20.98 meters
D. 22.51 meters

This is a repost. I forgot to put the answer choices.

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You use trigonometry with the Sin, Cos, and Tan to figure out the side length of the shadow and the answer you get is:

B. 11.38
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The answer is B.11.38
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