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Find the height of a gate if its diagonal forms the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle and is of length 252cm. The angle marked x is 24°

Find the height of a gate if its diagonal forms the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle-example-1
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Explanation:

Remember for RIGHT triangle SOHCAHTOA

For THIS right triangle:

sin 24 = height / hypotenuse <===re-arrange to :

hypotenuse * sin 24 = height = 102.497 cm <=====round as necessary

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