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Can you please help me with number 18? I am confused with it

Can you please help me with number 18? I am confused with it-example-1
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Recall that in a right triangle we know that:


\tan \theta=\frac{\text{opposite leg}}{adyacent\text{ leg}}.

Therefore:


\tan 29^(\circ)=(x)/(15).

Multiplying the above equation by 15 we get:


\begin{gathered} \tan 29^(\circ)*15=(x)/(15)*15, \\ x=15\tan 29^(\circ)\text{.} \end{gathered}

Answer:


x=15\tan 29^(\circ).

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