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A. Use the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the length of segment AC. Show your work for credit.

A. Use the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the length of segment AC. Show your work-example-1
User Gkpo
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alright so first ur trying to find adjacent so use cos which is adjacent/hypotenuse you know the angle of c is 90 because it is a right angle

so it gonna be

cos(90)= AC/5

5*cos(90)= AC

5*0=AC

side AC = 0

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