Question

In △JKL, solve for x.



17.32

38.16

66.73

74.89

Answer 1

tan 27 = opposite / adjacent = 34 / x
tan 27 = 34 / x
x tan 27 = 34
x = 34 / tan 27 ~ 66.73

Answer 2

well tan 27 = 34/x x= 34/tan27 = 66.73

Answer 3

can u like break it down more for me?

Answer 4

I recommend that you watch this:
http://www.khanacademy.org/math/trigonometry/v/basic-trigonometry

It will explain a lot :)

Answer 5

What might be confusing is that tan 27 is a number.
type tan 27 on your calculator and you should get 0.5095