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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please help!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

You could use sine

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I know I can use sine I just don't know what to do about the square root!

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

Are you familiar with Sohcahtoa?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes I am

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Opposite/hypotenuse, opposite/adjacent , and adjacent/hypotenuse

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

You can use a calculator and or break 170 down

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Its not a perfect square so it comes out as a lonnnnnnng number

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

Awh so yeah you can just use sine

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

Sin(thetat)=opposite/hyp

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If I use that I get 0.014 and so on

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So I don't think its the right answer :/

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

That's right, your probably in radians

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

multiply by 180degrees/pi radians

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

Alternatively you can change the mode in your calculator to degrees...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

We didn't learn anything like this :/ so I'm not sure if she wants us to do it like this :/

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

Well that's what you'd do to convert to degrees.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well I don't know :/ .....I think I leave the square as is

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

You would take the inverse sine of (11/sqrt170) then make sure you're units are degrees

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wait I think I figured it out X= 58 degrees!

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

Approximately, yes, depending on if she wants you round to the nearest degree or what

OpenStudy (anonymous):

nearest degree

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

Then you got it!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

K thanks for the help ;) that was the last one I was stuck on I submitted it and got them all right! 20/20

OpenStudy (daniel.ohearn1):

Oh nice, great job!

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