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May someone please help me out please?-example-1
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Explanation:

First, we need to find that top angle, which we'll call angle x. We can say 26 is the hypotenuse, and 12 is the adjacent, so we know that:


\cos(x) = (12)/(26)

Let's solve this, to find X:


x = { \cos }^( - 1)( (12)/(26) )

Now that we know what X is, we can use trig to find the missing side, which we'll call y. 48 is the adjacent, and y is the hypotenuse, therefore:


\cos(x) = (48)/(y)

To find y, let's rearrange:


y = (48)/( \cos(x) )

And now let's figure out calculate the value of y (I'm leaving the value of X as just X for the equations, but you will need it to calculate first):


y = 0.767833242

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