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Instructions: Find the missing side. Round your answerto the nearest tenth.

Instructions: Find the missing side. Round your answerto the nearest tenth.-example-1
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In order to find the missing side we will use a trigonometric function in this case we will use the tangent


\tan (\theta)=(OS)/(AS)

where

theta=41 °

OS=x

AS=16


\tan (41)=(x)/(16)

we isolate the x


x=\tan (41)\cdot16=13.9

x=13.9

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