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Find all the missing sides and angles for the following right triangle. Round to the nearest thousandth.

Find all the missing sides and angles for the following right triangle. Round to the-example-1
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Answer:

  • a = 2.084
  • b = 2.148
  • A = 44°

Explanation:

You want the missing sides and angle in right triangle ABC with hypotenuse AB = 3 and angle B = 46°.

Trig functions

The relevant trig functions are ...

Cos = Adjacent/Hypotenuse

a = AB·cos(B) = 3·cos(46°) ≈ 2.084

and

Sin = Opposite/Hypotenuse

b = AB·sin(B) = 3·sin(46°) ≈ 2.158

Angle

The sum of angles is 180°, so angle A is the complement of angle B:

A = 90° -46° = 44°

The missing measures are ...

  • a = 2.084
  • b = 2.158
  • A = 44°

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Additional comment

The attachment shows a conversion from a vector of length 3 at an angle of 46° to its rectangular components: (AB)∠B ⇒ a +bi. Many calculators can do polar to rectangular conversion in one form or another, so you don't have to compute the side lengths separately.

The calculator mode must be set to DEGrees.

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