Question

a quick question can someone work me through please!! <3

Answer 1

Find the value of x. Round to the nearest tenth. The diagram is not drawn to scale.

Answer 2

Use trigometric ratios.

Answer 3

is that the sohcahtoa?

Answer 4

Yep./

Answer 5

okay how to i know which one to use?

Answer 6

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/trigonometry/basic-trigonometry/basic_trig_ratios/v/example--using-soh-cah-toa

Answer 7

im confused bc i only have one side to work with which is 11

Answer 8

The other side you have to work with is the hypotenuse.
The longest side, the x.

Answer 9

so i should use cos?

Answer 10

which would be 11/x?

Answer 11

Yes.

So you will write it as:
cos theta = adj/hyp

cos 24 = 11/x

Solve for x.

Answer 12

11*24 i got 264