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HELP GEOMETRY

the measure of the side labeled x is ___ units . Round answer to the nearest tenths

HELP GEOMETRY the measure of the side labeled x is ___ units . Round answer to the-example-1

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Explanation:

imagine the triangle is rotated so that it stands up, and the right angle is at the bottom right vertex.

what is that ?

or usual trigonometric triangle inscribed into an imaginary circle with the center at the vertex with the 68°.

and 10 is the radius of the circle and the 68° angle.

remember ?

sine is the up/down leg, cosine is the left/right leg of that triangle.

of course, since it is not the norm-circle, the radius is not 1, and we have to multiply every trigonometric function also by the radius (10).

so,

x = cos(68)×10 = 3.746065934... ≈ 3.7 units

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