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I'm confused on how to set this up. the unit is on Trigonometry and Right Triangles if it helps

I'm confused on how to set this up. the unit is on Trigonometry and Right Triangles-example-1
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We get thatb


\tan 60=\frac{16\sqrt[]{3}}{x}\rightarrow x=\frac{16\sqrt[]{3}}{\tan 60}=16
\sin 60=\frac{16\sqrt[]{3}}{y}\rightarrow y=\frac{16\sqrt[]{3}}{\sin 60}=32

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