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Help please this makes no sense

Help please this makes no sense-example-1

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Answer:

ST = 7.1 in

Explanation:

we can use SOH-CAH-TOA because we've got a right triangle

side ST would be 'adjacent'

side TU would be the 'hypotenuse'

so we use Cosine because that's used when you're dealing with adjacent and hypotenuse:

cos 42° = ST/9.5

ST = cos 42° × 9.5

ST = 7.1