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I need help with this practice problem It’s from my trig bookI attempted this problem earlier, later, if you can, check if I am correct. I will send a pic of my work.

I need help with this practice problem It’s from my trig bookI attempted this problem-example-1
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Given the right triangle:

Taking the cosine of the angle θ:


\cos \theta=\frac{2\sqrt[]{6}}{2\sqrt[]{15}}=\frac{\sqrt[]{2}}{\sqrt[]{5}}

Now, taking the arc cosine to find θ:


\begin{gathered} \theta=\arccos (\sqrt[]{(2)/(5)}) \\ \therefore\theta\approx50.8\degree^{} \end{gathered}

I need help with this practice problem It’s from my trig bookI attempted this problem-example-1
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