Given a right triangle. One cathetus is 100cm long. Find the length of the other cathetus, if the angle opposite to it is 71.6^circ.

Rui Baldwin

Rui Baldwin

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2021-09-10

Given a right triangle. One cathetus is 100cm long. Find the length of the other cathetus, if the angle opposite to it is 71.6. Round your answer to an integer.

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Nathanael Webber

Nathanael Webber

Skilled2021-09-11Added 117 answers

Let the unknown cathetus be a. Use the tangent ratio:
tan71.6=a100
a=100tan71.6
a300 cm

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