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Please find y and round to the nearest 10th

Please find y and round to the nearest 10th-example-1
User Goweon
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Answer:

178.3 ft

Explanation:

Since you have the angle 27 and the side length of 350 you can set up a proportion that is Tan(27)=y/350. You can solve from this to 350*tan(27)=y and then simplify to 178.3.

User BYK
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Answer:

y =178.3

Explanation:

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

tan theta = opp /adj

tan 27 = y/350

350 tan 27 = y

178.3339073=y

Round to the nearest tenth

y =178.3

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