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Find the lengths for the missing sides if side a is opposite angle A, side b is opposite angle B and side c is the hypotenuse. If a value is not an integer then type it as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.tan(A)= 100, b=100side a = Answerside c = Answer

Find the lengths for the missing sides if side a is opposite angle A, side b is opposite-example-1
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Answer:

Side a = 10,000

Side c = 10,000.5

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's make a diagram of the triangle:

We know:


\begin{gathered} \tan A=100 \\ b=100 \end{gathered}

The tan ratio of the angle A is:


\tan A=(a)/(b)

Then, we can write:


\tan A=(a)/(b)=100,b=100
(a)/(100)=100
a=10,000

Now that we know the length of the two legs, we can use the pythagorean theorem to find the length of c:


c^2=a^2+b^2
c^2=10,000^2+100^2

And solve:


c=√(100,000,000+10,000)=√(100,010,000)=10,000.49999

To the nearest hundreth, c = 10,000.45

Find the lengths for the missing sides if side a is opposite angle A, side b is opposite-example-1
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