Question

Will medal!

Find the measure of angle x. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. (please type the numerical answer only)

Answer 1

you will need a calculator/trig tables

Answer 2

I have a calculator with me but I am unsure of how to solve for the algebra. I've set up my problem to be tan X = 8/17 but I don't know how to solve it from there.

Answer 3

i dont think you can solve it from there manually.

your calculator should have a \(tan^{-1}\) function

x=\(tan^{-1} (8/17) \)

Answer 4

woops,

17 is the hypotenuse

tan=opposite/adjacent (not hypotenuse)

Answer 5

Oh my goodness. So sin x = 8/17, that was my bad. Comprehension error.

Answer 6

yes sin
and use the \(sin^{-1}\) function on your calculator

Answer 7

I did 8/17 and then I did sin-1 and got 28.07

Answer 8

make sure your calculator is in degrees and not radians

Answer 9

and preferably, dont do 8/17 first,
just press sin^-1 and put (8/17) in brackets
because you might get rounding off errors

Answer 10

I'm just using my iPhone calculator because I don't have a fancy scientific one, unfortunately. But would 28.07 be close enough (if that is the right answer)? If not I can always have my teacher go in and change the grade if the answer isn't good enough for the computer's grading system (so long as I get a close answer) :P

Answer 11

yep, i get 28.07 too :)

Answer 12

Thank you so much!

Answer 13

you're welcome :D