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Find the measure of the indicated angle to the nearest degree.
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Find the measure of the indicated angle to the nearest degree. 13 6-example-1
User Xandros
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Answer:

62.5 or 63

Explanation:

the length of the side adjacent to the angle is given (6), and the length of the hypotenuse is also given (13)

the trig function that deals with adjacent and hypotenuse lengths is cosine.

cos(x) = adj/hyp

cos(x) = 6/13

x = 62.5

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