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Solve for x.
Help me pleaseee you’ll get a brainless answer!!

Solve for x. Help me pleaseee you’ll get a brainless answer!!-example-1
User Storen
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Answer:

15.6 in

Explanation:

since this is a right triangle we can use: SOA CAH TOA

in this case, since we know the opposite and hypotenuse of 40 degrees we can use sin

sin40° = 10/x

x·sin40° = 10

x = 10/sin40°

x = 15.6

User Klinki
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Answer:

x =15.55723827

Explanation:

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

sin theta = opp/ hyp

sin 40 = 10/x

x sin 40 = 10

x = 10 / sin 40

x =15.55723827

User Asad Awadia
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