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Find BC using the angle and the side length given

Find BC using the angle and the side length given-example-1
User Wolfgang Leon
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Answer:

5.87

Explanation:

soh cah toa

tangent is opposite/ adjacent.

We are using tangent because we have the opposite and are trying to find the adjacent.

tan(50)= 7/x

we switch x and tan(50) to get x= 7/tan(50) which gives us approximately 5.87

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