Question

Please Help Me
(Picture in comments)

Answer 1

you have the angle,
you have the adjacent side.

you need the opposite side.

which trigonometric ratio has adjacent side and opposite side in its formula?

sin or cos or tan ?

Answer 2

Tan

Answer 3

correct! use it

Answer 4

\(\Large \tan 47 = \dfrac{opposite}{adjacent}= \dfrac{x}{35}\)

can you find x from there?

Answer 5

Yeah, thank you

Answer 6

Wait, it is coming out as a negitive

Answer 7

@hartnn

Answer 8

x= 35 tan 47 = 37.53.

Answer 9

I'm still confused. I type in tan 47 and it comes out as -0.124 and then when I type in 35 tan 47 it comes out as -4.358

Answer 10

@retirEEd

Answer 11

Your calculator is in radian mode instead of degree mode
it is interpreting the 47 as being in radians (equivalent to 2692.9 degrees)

You should change to *degree mode*

Answer 12

Oh, ok. Thank you so much