Question

Help please? http://gyazo.com/722e4cdbd5c69a8cc1198fc8437ea087

Answer 1

@joquez14 Can you help?

Answer 2

no im sorry

Answer 3

It's okay.

Answer 4

@whpalmer4 Mind helping?

Answer 5

Remember SOH CAH TOA?

Answer 6

SOH: Sin of an angle = Opposite / Hypotenuse
CAH: Cos of an angle = Adjacent / Hypotenuse
TOA: Tan of an angle = Opposite / Adjacent

Answer 7

Which of those three ratios incorporates all of the known quantities here?

Answer 8

I thought it would be CAH.

Answer 9

?

Answer 10

You don't know the value of the hypotenuse...

You do know the angle, and the adjacent, and the unknown is the opposite. which of the two remaining formulas relates those three items?

Answer 11

Sorry for the delay in answering — went off to make and eat dinner, and forgot about this window :-(

Answer 12

No worry. And, TOA.

Answer 13

Right, so \[\tan 35^\circ = \frac{x}{12}\]Solve for \(x\)

Answer 14

x=8.40249

Answer 15

Very good!

Answer 16

Thank you!