Question

what is the value of x to the nearest degree

Answer 1

Ok. You have the opposite side, and the adjacent side, which means we can use tangent to solve this. The tangent of an angle is equal to the opposite side divided by the adjacent side, which in this case is 8 divided by 5:
\[\tan x = 8/5\]
\[x=\arctan(\frac{ 8 }{ 5 })\]