A wire, 2.4 meters in length, is attached from the top of a post to a stake in the ground. The measure of the angle that the wire makes with the ground is 35 Find to the nearest tenth of a meter the distance from the stake to the foot of the post
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we have that
cos(35)=x/2.4 -----> by adjacent side divided by the hypotenuse
solve for x
x=2.4*cos(35)
x=2.0 m
answer is 2.0 meters