Find the measure of angle x. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. (please type the numerical answer only)

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

please please help

johnweldon1993 · Answer

Okay you want angle 'x' and you have 2 sides of the triangle...one side is opposite the angle..and the other is adjacent to the angle..

What trig function uses opposite and adjacent?

anonymous · Answer

i dont know really cause this is geometry haha

johnweldon1993 · Answer

Odd, The only way I can think of is to use trigonometry..

Well, it is called the tangent function...

$$\large \tan \theta = \frac{opposite}{adjacent}$$

So you plug in what you know...

$$\large \tan \theta = \frac{8}{15}$$

And you want to solve for and angle...so you take the inverse tan of that...

$$\large \theta = \tan^{-1} \frac{8}{15}$$

anonymous · Answer

okay okay i think i got most of that thanks for helping

johnweldon1993 · Answer

No problem!