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Find the length of side AB rounded to the nearest hundredth, type the answer in the form of a sentence.

Find the length of side AB rounded to the nearest hundredth, type the answer in the-example-1

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Explanation:

angle C is 180 - 90 - 33 = 57°.

In a right-angled triangle, a ² + b ² = c ².

Sine rule: a/SIN A = b/SIN B = c/SIN C

so, length of AB is:

AB/sin 57 = 7/sin 90

cross multiply:

AB = (7 sin 57) / sin 90

= 5.87 inches to nearest hundredth

The side AB is the 'opposite' of angle C. BC is the 'adjacent.' AC is ALWAYS the hypotenuse. Since we wanted to find AB, and we had the length of the hypotenuse, we use Sine.

Sin 57 = opposite/hypotenuse = AB/7. AB = 7 sin 57.

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