Question

Please Help Me. Work must be shown for this problem. Solve for x. Round answers to the nearest hundredth (2 decimal places).

Answer 1

About 188.71 feet

Explanation:

The cosine of an angle is equivalent to the adjacent side divided by the length of the hypotenuse. Therefore:

`\cos 58=(100)/(x) \\\\x=(100)/(\cos 58)\approx 188.71`

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Answer 2

x = 188.71

Explanation:

Since this is a right triangle, we can use trig functions

cos theta = adjacent/ hypotenuse

cos 58 = 100/x

Multiply by x

x cos 58 = 100

Divide by cos 58

x = 100/cos 58

x =188.7079915

To the nearest hundredth

x = 188.71