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Please help ASAP.. Pythagoras theorem

Please help ASAP.. Pythagoras theorem-example-1

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(Make sure you are in degrees instead of radians.)

We are given opposite and hypotenuse.

Use Soh-Cah-Toa:

\sin\theta=(opp)/(hyp)

\rightarrow\sin\theta=(3.4)/(5.8)

\rightarrow\theta=\sin^(-1)(3.4)/(5.8)

In degrees, this is about 35.9°
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