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hello can you help me solve this plane trigonometry question please and thank you for your time if you are reading this

hello can you help me solve this plane trigonometry question please and thank you-example-1
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We have the following:

adjacent leg = a

hypotenuse = h


\cos \theta=(a)/(h)

replacing:


\begin{gathered} \cos \theta=(11)/(12) \\ \cos \theta=0.916 \\ \theta=\cos ^(-1)(0.916) \\ \theta=23.56 \end{gathered}

The angles is 23.6°

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