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Posted by steven on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 11:22pm.

A right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 3.00 m, and one of its angles is 30.0°. What are the lengths of (a) the side opposite the 30.0° angle and (b) the side adjacent to the 30.0° angle?

math - Reiny, Monday, July 20, 2009 at 7:38am
a) sin 30º = opposite/3.00
opposite = 3.00(sin 30º) = ....

b) adjacent = 3.00(cos 30º) = ....

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