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Can someone help please I’m having trouble with this and I have a test

Can someone help please I’m having trouble with this and I have a test-example-1
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Answer:

x ≈ 36 feet

Explanation:

we can use cosine (adjacent side / hypotenuse)to solve this question:

cos 77° = 8 / x

x = 8 / cos 77°

x = 35.5632...

x ≈ 36 feet

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