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SOMEONE HELP ME ASAP IM STRESSING OUT

SOMEONE HELP ME ASAP IM STRESSING OUT-example-1
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Answer:

Use SOHCAHTOA

Explanation:

If you don't know what this is, it means Sin=opposite/hypotenuse, cos=adjacent/hypotenuse, tan=opposite/adjacent. There is more than 1 way to solve this, but here's how I did it.

Starting with part A, we are trying to find the hypotenuse of the triangle. We have an angle and the side opposite of that angle, so we can use the sin function.

Sin(54) = 12.2 / hypotenuse

Sin(54) * hypotenuse = 12.2

Hypotenuse = 12.2 / sin(54) = 15.1

Now for Part B

Finding the last angle

180-90-54=36

So now, we have this angle and the side adjacent to it. We are trying to find the opposite side, so let's use the tan function

Tan(36) = opp / 12.2

opp = tan(36) * 12.2 = 8.9

You can double check these answers using pythagorean theorem. Hope this helps

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