Questions: Solve the right triangle.
Round your answers to the nearest tenth.
A=40°
b=
c=
Transcript text: Solve the right triangle.
Round your answers to the nearest tenth.
\[
\begin{array}{l}
A=40^{\circ} \\
b=\square \\
c=\square
\end{array}
\]
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Find Angle A
Since it's a right triangle, one angle is 90°. We are given another angle as 50°. The sum of angles in a triangle is 180°. Therefore, angle A = 180° - 90° - 50° = 40°.
Step 2: Find side c
We can use the sine function to find side c. sin(50°) = opposite/hypotenuse = 19/c.
Therefore, c = 19/sin(50°) ≈ 24.8.
Step 3: Find side b
We can use the cosine function to find side b. cos(50°) = adjacent/hypotenuse = b/c.
We already calculated c ≈ 24.8. Therefore, b = 24.8 * cos(50°) ≈ 15.9.