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i’m doing a pretest and i’m confused on this question, i haven’t learned this material. help please!!

i’m doing a pretest and i’m confused on this question, i haven’t learned this material-example-1
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Given:


\begin{gathered} secB=(5)/(3) \\ a=16 \end{gathered}

The Secant Function is given by:


Sec=(hypothenuse)/(adjacent)

Hence:


(c)/(16)=(5)/(3)

Solving for c:


\begin{gathered} 3c=16*5 \\ c=(80)/(3) \end{gathered}

ANSWER

The hypothenuse is 80/3

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