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A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 18 feet and a side length opposite of 12 feet . What is the measure of angle A the nearest degree ?

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\begin{gathered} \sin (\theta)=(12)/(18)=(2)/(3) \\ \Rightarrow\theta=\sin ^(-1)((2)/(3))=42degrees \end{gathered}

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