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Find x. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree.

Find x. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree.-example-1
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Answer:

41.4

Explanation:

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

cos theta = adj / hyp

cos x = 9/12

Taking the inverse cos of each side

cos ^-1 ( cos x) = cos ^-1 (9/12)

x = 41.41

To the nearest tenth

x = 41.4

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