Question

A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 16 cm. If one of the angles is 27°, what is the length of the side opposite the angle?

Answer 1

Answer: 7.26

Explanation:

a/sinA=b/sinB=c/sinC

16/sin90=b/sin27

16sin27=bsin90

b=16sin27/sin90

b=7.263847996

round to the hundredth:

b=7.26