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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:

About 55.9 degrees

Explanation:

The cosine of an angle is equivalent to the length of the adjacent side divided by the length of the hypotenuse. Therefore:


\cos x= (14)/(25) \\\\x=\cos^(-1)\left( (14)/(25)\right) \approx 55.9

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