Question

Solve for x. Round to the nearest tenth of a degree, if necessary PLEASE HELP I HAVE 10 MINS TILL ITS DUE

Answer 1

36.9 degrees

Explanation:

using SOHCAHTOA we can see that we need to use cos because the sides that are given are the adjacent side and the hypotenuse so u have to divide the adjacent by the hypotenuse which is 8.8/13 and you should get 0.8 after you round to the nearest tenth and then you use your calculator to do cos^-1 (0.8) and you get 36.9 after you round to the nearest tenth of a degree

Answer 2

x = 47.4

Explanation:

Since this is a right triangle, we can use trig functions

cos theta = adj / hyp

cos x = 8.8 / 13

Take the inverse cos of each side

cos ^-1 ( cos x) = cos ^-1( 8.8 /13)

x = cos ^-1( 8.8 /13)

x =47.39633319

Rounding to the nearest tenth

x =47.4