Question

Which of the following would give the length of the hypotenuse PR in diagram below

Answer 1

PR = 8/ cos(24)

From the triangle

`\begin{gathered} \cos \text{ 24 = }(adjacent)/(hypotenuse) \\ \cos \text{ 24 = }(8)/(PR) \\ PR\text{ = }(8)/(\cos (24)) \end{gathered}`