Question

Determine the largest acute angle of a right triangle which has legs of length 5 and 6:

Determine the largest acute angle of a right triangle which has legs of length 5 and 6:

@Mathematics

Answer 1

(alpha)
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6 | \ x = 7.81
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\[x = \sqrt{5^2+6^2} = 7.81\]\[\sin^{-1} (\frac {5}{7.81}) = \alpha\]\[\cos^{-1} (\frac {6}{7.81}) = \beta\]

Answer 2

ok let me try to enter this into my homework

Answer 3

i got 39.80 for both and it didnt work

Answer 4

Tan beta =6/5=1.2
\[\tan ^{-1}1.2=50.19 degrees\]

Answer 5

The little -1 above tan means an angle whose tangent is 1.2

Answer 6

hey radar, thanks for coming around to help me again. I entered the answer my home work program rejected it. I dont know why

Answer 7

I tried the way mathmind worked it and got 39.8 degrees, but that is the "smallest" acute angle. Subtract that from 90 and you will get the largest acute angle, and the problem is asking for the largest acute angle.

Answer 8

yeah i see what you're saying. i dont why it isnt accepting the answer

Answer 9

The answer is 50.2 rounded off to nearest tenth. (degrees)

Answer 10

it rejected that also

Answer 11

I hate rejection! What are the exact instructions for this problem?

Answer 12

i copied and paste the exact question into this thread title. there is nothing more

Determine the largest acute angle of a right triangle which has legs of length 5 and 6:

Answer 13

Well I don't know what to say the two angles must add up to 90 and
the 39.8 and 50.2 works and the largest is the 50.2.

Answer 14

yeah i totally see what you're saying. it makes sense

Answer 15

can we finish the last prob we were working on before you left. i was never able to find AB

Answer 16

How do I get back to it?

Answer 17

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