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Trigonometry please help! work need to be shown

Trigonometry please help! work need to be shown-example-1

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Answer:

6.13

Explanation:

This diagram shown is a right triangle;

USing the SOH CAH TOA idenity

Adjacent = x

Hypotenuse = 8

Angle of elevation = 40 degrees

cos theta = adj/hyp

cos 40 = x/8

x = 8cos40

x = 6.13

Hence the value of x to the nearest hundredth is 6.13

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