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Find x. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree.

Find x. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree.-example-1

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Answer:

63.0°

Explanation:

You want the measure of an angle in a right triangle with hypotenuse 11 and adjacent side 5.

Cosine

The cosine relation is ...

Cos = Adjacent/Hypotenuse

cos(x) = 5/11

Then the angle is found using the inverse cosine function:

x = arccos(5/11) ≈ 63.0°

The value of x is about 63.0°.

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Additional comment

The calculator's angle mode needs to be set to "degrees."

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