Question

Geometry question, please help!

Answer 1

@hardlyhuman how far have you gotten with attempting to solve this problem?

Answer 2

not at all

Answer 3

Are you familiar with trig ratios for this?

Answer 4

not really

Answer 5

\(\sin(\theta) = \dfrac{a}{c}\)

\(\cos(\theta) = \dfrac{b}{c}\)

\(\tan(\theta) = \dfrac{a}{b}\)

Answer 6

@hardlyhuman that's your clue.

Answer 7

okay thanks

Answer 8

Are you going to try calculating? If so, then which trig ratio are you going to use?

Answer 9

sin

Answer 10

Great. Let me know what you get for your result.

Answer 11

B

Answer 12

Can you show the work you did to arrive at B as your correct result?

Answer 13

Short leg is half the hypotenuse is 6 so x = long leg so x= short leg times √3