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Pls help I'm confused, oh and can you also explain it. 15pts​

Pls help I'm confused, oh and can you also explain it. 15pts​-example-1
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Answer:

6

Explanation:

This triangle is a special right triangle. In triangles with the angles 30, 60, and 90, the side opposite of the 30 degree angle will always be half the length of the hypotenuse. The hypotenuse is the longest side of a right triangle. In a 30 60 90 triangle, the long side will be equal to the short side multiplied by the squareroot of 3, but that is not needed for this problem. Since the hypotenuse is 12, the side opposite of the 30 degree angle, labeled "s h o r t" will be half of 12. Half of 12 is equal to 6, therefore the short side will be equal to 6.

lmk if i made a mistake, hope this helps :)

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