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A carpenter needs to cut a small triangular pice of wood for part of a jewelry box. He knows the dimension shown and that 0=68°. What is the length of a to the nearest tenth of a centimeter?

A carpenter needs to cut a small triangular pice of wood for part of a jewelry box-example-1
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User Bradjcox
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Answer:

36.0 cm

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User Knoxgon
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Answer:

36.0 cm

Explanation:

use cosine to find the value of a

cos(68) = a/96 Multiply both sides by 96

a = cos (68) * 96

a = 35.96

Round to nearest tenth: 36.0 cm

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