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What is the cosine of angle X?

A. 40/41
B. 9/40
C. 9/41
D. 41/40

What is the cosine of angle X? A. 40/41 B. 9/40 C. 9/41 D. 41/40-example-1
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User Villa
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You have to use Pythagorean's theorem to find the missing side measure. 41^2=40^2 + w^2. 1681 = 1600 + w^2. 1681-1600=w^2. 81=w^2 and w = 9. That's an odd triangle, but accurate! Now use the cos definition of cos x = 9/41, and cos x = .2195. Now use the inverse function on your calculator in degree mode to see that the angle x is 77.3 degrees.
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