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Please help me, I don’t know how to solve for x on this one

Please help me, I don’t know how to solve for x on this one-example-1
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Use trigonometry to solve for x.

The tangent function is defined to be opposite side divided by the adjacent side.

tan(78) = x/10

tan(78)(10) = x

47.0463010948 = x

We now round off to two decimal places. In other words, we round off to the nearest tenths.

47.05 = x

Done!

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