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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!
Can someone please help me with a STEP BY STEP of this problem ? I'll seriously appreciate it, and thank you so so so much in advance!!
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Answer 1

We are going to use cosine because it is adjacent over hypotenuse and we are trying to find the length of the adjacent side.

`cos (theta) = (adj)/(hyp) \\ theta = 41 \\ hyp = 11 \\ cos(41) = (x)/(11) \\ 11*cos(41) = 11* (x)/(11) \\ 11 * 0.7547 = x \\ x = 8.302`