Question

The dimensions of the right triangle shown below are given in units. Picture will be attached. Which measure is CLOSEST to m< RTQ?

Answer 1

the answer choices are: A. 20.6 B. 22.0 C. 68.0 D. 69.4

Answer 2

@doppler

Answer 3

where is the m?

Answer 4

it seems i cant understand what the problem exactly wants us to find,i cant see m in the diagram

Answer 5

ah RTQ is the angle of T

Answer 6

so you have tan(RTQ)=8/3 and you need to find RTQ

Answer 7

so (RTQ)=tan-1(8/3) right?

Answer 8

yea

Answer 9

can u use a calculator?i mean ..is it allowed for this question?

Answer 10

yes

Answer 11

well, mine is not exactly an actuall scientific calculator, so i dont really know how to work with this kinda stuff on it

Answer 12

and btw, m< RTQ means measure of angle RTQ.

Answer 13

ah kk well i calculated it 69.4 with my scientific

Answer 14

ok thank u, thats one of the answer choices

Answer 15

69.3967 tbh

Answer 16

so 69.4 yeah

Answer 17

k wanna help me with 3 more

Answer 18

sure

Answer 19

The drawing below represents a 22-foot ladder with its base placed 10 feet from the bottom of a vertical wall. Which value is the best ESTIMATE for x?

Answer 20

this is easy

Answer 21

if you could do the previous then you can do that as well

Answer 22

i am soo bad at math though

Answer 23

what you did before?you used tan to find the angle .now what do we need to find the angle x?

Answer 24

i never know if its cos, sin, tan and how to label the sides like adj,hyp,opposite

Answer 25

so 22 ft side will be hypotenuse

Answer 26

yeah

Answer 27

the angle across from the hypotenuse is always the..._____ i forgot which one

Answer 28

sin=opp/hyp , cos=adj/hyp ,tan=opp/adj so what do we need now?

Answer 29

10 ft is the opposite?

Answer 30

what do we have given?

Answer 31

we will use sin

Answer 32

10 ft is the closest side to our angle

Answer 33

the opposite is the wall

Answer 34

because x ''looks'' at the wall , the wall is not near x

Answer 35

oh

Answer 36

ohhh ok

Answer 37

so its opp/hyp right?

Answer 38

opposite is the wall,do we have the length of the wall?

Answer 39

nope

Answer 40

so we dont know the opposite so if we put our known variables in sinx=opp/hyp we have 2 unknowns ...is it desirable?

Answer 41

what do u mean two unknowns?

Answer 42

o i think i get it