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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the value of the variable. If your answer is not an integer, leave it in simplest radical form.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hartnn (hartnn):

same type, please try it by yourself first :)

hartnn (hartnn):

instead of 24, its 5 here!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Look at the triangle I drew on your previous question, it's pretty much the same thing, as hartnn mentioned :p.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay so we are using sin again i assume and 5 is the hypotenuse and x is opposite

hartnn (hartnn):

correct!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so sin 45 = .707 as last time and .707=x/5

hartnn (hartnn):

yup

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so x= 3.535

hartnn (hartnn):

excellent ! you did it on your own :D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so the answer in radical form would be 5sqrt2/2 right ?

hartnn (hartnn):

thats correct.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What a pro

hartnn (hartnn):

as a short cut, legs of a 45-45-90 triangle, is \(1/\sqrt2\) times hypotenuse. Always!

hartnn (hartnn):

*are

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Lol thanks! i can always count on you and like i said before it's only because you taught me well that i'm starting to get the hang of it now

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