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Use a calculator to find the measure of

Use a calculator to find the measure of-example-1
User Mentat
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Answer:

The answer is 78.5° .................

User Alisom Martins
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Answer:

78.5°

Explanation:

For <A, AC is the adjacent leg.

AB is the hypotenuse.

The trig function that relates the adjacent leg to the hypotenuse is the cosine.

cos A = adj/hyp

cos A = 3/15

cos A = 1/5

A = cos^-1 0.2

A = 78.5°

User Guilherme Costa
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