Question

What is the measure of angle B in the figure below?

In a right triangle, angle C measures 40°. The hypotenuse of the triangle is 10 inches long. What is the approximate length of the side adjacent to angle C?
6.4 inches
7.7 inches
8.4 inches
13.1 inches

Answer 1

7.66 inches step by step explanation…

Answer 2

Explanation:

The cosine function is: adjacent/hypotenuse = cos (40). We know the hypotenuse length is 10, so the equation is now adjacent/10 = cos (40). Solving for adjacent length we get 7.66 inches.