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.

$\begin{gathered} \cos 59=\frac{34}{x} \\ x=\frac{34}{0.5150} \\ =66.01 \\ \approx66 \end{gathered}$

Thus, value of x is 66.