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What is measure of angle R?

Enter your answer as a decimal in the box. Round only your final answer to the nearest hundredth.

What is measure of angle R? Enter your answer as a decimal in the box. Round only-example-1
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To find an angle you need to use trig ratios (tan, sin, and cos).

In this case to find ∠R you would need to use sin or cos because both of the legs are not across or adjacent to it.

To find ∠R you would need to do the "opposite" formula which would be (for sin) 5/13 ≈ 0.38.. asin = 22.26
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