The center pole of a tent is 8 feet long. the side of the tent is 12 feet long. If a right angle is formed where the center pole meets the ground, what is the measure of angle a.(there is a pic, the 8ft line is the center pole going down, this forms the right angle and as it comes across the ground is a straight line. That straight line forms the angle a. the top part of angle a is a line coming back to the center. this is the 12 ft line.

so I did sinx=8/12
giving=41.8
Is this correct?
thanks

1 answer

Yes it is correct, but usually you should round it, so it would be 42 degrees, unless if your question says to not round.
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