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Help with #5 above!!!!!

Help with #5 above!!!!!-example-1

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Answer: 38.66 degrees

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Step-by-step explanation:

As you stated in problem 4, tan(angle) = opposite/adjacent

We'll use this idea to help find angle Z. First lets set up the proper tangent ratio for this problem

tan(Z) = XY/YZ

tan(Z) = 8/10

tan(Z) = 0.8

To isolate Z, we need to undo the tangent function. We will use the inverse tangent or the arctangent function to do this.

tan(Z) = 0.8

arctan( tan(Z) ) = arctan(0.8)

Z = 38.6598 which is approximate

This rounds to 38.66

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