Question

Given the figure below .find X and Y to three significant digits.Write your answer in the answer box provided below

Answer 1

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`\cos(25^o )=\cfrac{\stackrel{adjacent}{x}}{\underset{hypotenuse}{12}}\implies 12\cos(25^o)=x\implies \boxed{10.876\approx x} \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ \sin(25^o )=\cfrac{\stackrel{opposite}{z}}{\underset{hypotenuse}{12}}\implies 12\sin(25^o)=z \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ \sin(50^o )=\cfrac{\stackrel{opposite}{z}}{\underset{hypotenuse}{y}}\implies y=\cfrac{z}{\sin(50^o)}\implies y=\cfrac{12\sin(25^o)}{\sin(50^o)}\implies \boxed{y\approx 6.62}`