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Find RS. Write your answer as an integer or as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth. RS = ___

Find RS. Write your answer as an integer or as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth-example-1
User Meirion Hughes
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In triangle QRS, QS=7 units and angle R is 49 degrees.

To find RS use the ratio of sin as follows:


\begin{gathered} \sin 49=(QS)/(RS) \\ RS=(QS)/(\sin 49) \\ RS=(7)/(0.754709) \\ RS=9.2750909 \\ RS\approx9.3 \end{gathered}

Hence the value of RS is 9.3 rounded to 1 decimal place.

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