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Find the value of X round your number to the nearest tenths


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Find the value of X round your number to the nearest tenths Explain it please-example-1
User Foxygen
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In this case, we must use trigonometry to find the value of x:


tan(\alpha )=(side-opposite-angle)/(side-beside-angle) \\tan(70) = (x)/(3) \\3*tan(70) = x\\x = 3*tan(70)\\x = 8.24

Thus the value of x rounded to the nearest tenth is 8.2

Hope that helps!

User Surjit Joshi
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