Question

how do you solve for x and y??

Answer 1

$cos(51)= \frac{y}{9} \\ 0.62932039105=\frac{y}{9}$
multiply by 9 on both sides
$5.66388351945=y \\ or \\ 5.7=y$

Now to find x it's opposite side and the hypotenuse
SOH
$sin(51)= \frac{x}{9} \\ 0.77714596145= \frac{x}{9}$
Multiply by 9 on both sides
$6.99431365311=x \\ or \\ 7=x$