What is the value of x to the nearest tenth in the triangle below?

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asked Feb 27, 2019 24.5k views

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Aavogt · Answer 1 · 2019-03-03T20:02:04+0000

We'll use cosine for this.

Cos 35* = x/17

Cos 35* (0.81915204428) = x/17

Multiply both sides by 17

13.9255847529 = x

The length of x is 13.9255847529, or 13.9