Question

I had a tutor help with this problem. The answer is wrong, I was given 66. I was trying to understand how to solve. it has to round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

In right angle triangle, for angle 59 the hypotenuse side is x and base is 34.

Determine the measure of side x by using trigonometry.

`\begin{gathered} \cos 59=(34)/(x) \\ x=(34)/(0.5150) \\ =66.01 \\ \approx66 \end{gathered}`

Thus, value of x is 66.