Asked by luigi

Find the cosine of ∠X.

image of a right triangle that has the following values, Angle X, Angle Z, Angle Y, Line XZ which has a length of 10, Line ZY which has a length of 24, and Line XY which has a length of 26

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The hypotenuse is XY = 26 (since 26 is the largest side and 10^2 + 24^2 = 26^2). For angle X the adjacent side is XZ = 10, so

cos X = adjacent / hypotenuse = 10 / 26 = 5/13.