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Determine the trigonometric ratio to use according to the given information and the unknown.
34.8
We are given the length of one leg and a hypotenuse of a right triangle, and want to find the measure of one of its acute angles.
Note that we are given the opposite side to the unknown angle and a hypotenuse. Therefore, to find its measure we will use the sine ratio.
The sine of the angle is 47. Now, to isolate x we will use the inverse function of sin.
sin x=4/7 ⇔ x=sin ^(- 1)4/7
Let's use a calculator to find the value of sin ^(- 1) 47. First, we will set our calculator into degree mode. To do so, push MODE, select Degree
instead of Radian
in the third row, and push ENTER. Next, we push 2ND followed by SIN, introduce the value 47, and press ENTER.
The value of x is about 34.8.