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E trigonometry to work out the size of
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E trigonometry to work out the size of angle x.-example-1
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Check the picture below.


tan(x) =\cfrac{\stackrel{opposite}{10}}{\underset{adjacent}{4}}\implies tan(x)=\cfrac{5}{2}\implies x=tan^(-1)\left( \cfrac{5}{2} \right)\implies x\approx 68.20^o

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E trigonometry to work out the size of angle x.-example-1
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