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What are the centimeters to the nearest tenth of the hypotenuse and leg?

What are the centimeters to the nearest tenth of the hypotenuse and leg?-example-1

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Answer:

Hypotenuse = 10.4cm

Leg = 6.7cm

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the unknown leg of the triangle.

To be able to find x, we have to take the tangent of angle 40 degrees as shown below;


\begin{gathered} \tan 40=(x)/(8) \\ 8\tan 40=x \\ x=6.7\operatorname{cm} \end{gathered}

Let y represent the length of the hypotenuse.

To find y, we have to take the cosine of angle 40 degrees;


\begin{gathered} \cos 40=(8)/(y) \\ y\cos 40=8 \\ y=(8)/(\cos 40) \\ y=10.4\operatorname{cm} \end{gathered}

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