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Which of the following would give the length of the hypotenuse PR in diagram below

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PR = 8/ cos(24)

From the triangle


\begin{gathered} \cos \text{ 24 = }(adjacent)/(hypotenuse) \\ \cos \text{ 24 = }(8)/(PR) \\ PR\text{ = }(8)/(\cos (24)) \end{gathered}

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