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Can you please help me

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To solve this question we need to use the tangent of 49º. In this case, this is given by:

tan 49º = 14/x

x = 14/(tan 49º)

Now, using a calculator, we find that

tan 49º = 1.15 (approximately)

Therefore, using this value, we find:

x = 14/1.15 = 12.17

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