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OpenStudy (anonymous):

did i set this up right.... is it cos 90 = 18/x i keep getting wrong answer.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Solve for x. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. 14.38 10.83 22.54 29.91

hartnn (hartnn):

cos 90? cos 90 is actually = 0. i think you're trying to find cos 53 which is actually 18/x :)

random231 (random231):

yes you set up the angle wrong.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@hartnn thank you! i was so confused bc it did not make sense!

hartnn (hartnn):

welcome ^_^

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@hartnn so you would set it up as cos 53 = 18 / x

hartnn (hartnn):

yes, correct

hartnn (hartnn):

find x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

to get x by itself you would do multiply both sides by 1/18 to get x by itself? because by doing that i get a small decimal

hartnn (hartnn):

yes you'd get x = 18/ cos 53 and use cos 53 = 0.602

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok thanks! :)

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