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OpenStudy (shaleiah):

The side lengths of a right triangle measure 8, 15, and 17, in inches. Rounded to the nearest thousandth, what is the cosine of the smallest angle in the right triangle?

OpenStudy (shaleiah):

@jim_thompson5910

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

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jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

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jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

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jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

making sense so far?

OpenStudy (shaleiah):

sorry openstudy froze... yes

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

so this is our reference angle (marked in black) |dw:1460511602788:dw|

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