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Need to find the missing length and round to nearest tenth. I'm a bit confused.

Need to find the missing length and round to nearest tenth. I'm a bit confused.-example-1
User Plfrick
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ANSWER

15.9

Step-by-step explanation

Given:

A right-triangle with two sides and an angle

Desired Outcome:

The value of x

Apply the SOH CAH TOA rule


\begin{gathered} tan\theta=(x)/(34) \\ x=34*0.4663 \\ x=15.8544 \end{gathered}

Hence, the value of x is 15.9 (rounded to the nearest tenth).

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