We have to find x.
As we have a right triangle we can apply trigonometric ratios.
In this case, we can relate the information we have as:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \cos48\degree=\frac{Adjacent}{Hypotenuse}=\frac{17}{x} \\ x=\frac{17}{\cos48\degree} \\ x\approx\frac{17}{0.669} \\ x\approx25.4 \end{gathered}[/tex]
Answer: x = 25.4
