What are the values of w and x in the triangle below. Round the answers to the nearest tenth.

Question

16
48°
32°

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Answer 1

Using the Law of Sines:

w/sin(48°) = 16/sin(100°)
w ≈ 12.5

Using the fact that the angles in a triangle add up to 180°, we can solve for x:

x = 180° - 48° - 32°
x = 100°

Therefore, the values of w and x are approximately 12.5 and 100°, respectively.

Answer 2

The only answers there is are

a. w = 14.4; x = 11.2
b. w = 14.4; x = 25.6
c. w = 17.8; x = 27.8
d. w = 17.8; x = 10.0

Answer 3

We can use the Law of Sines to solve the problem.

w/sin(48°) = 16/sin(x)
w ≈ 14.4 (rounded to the nearest tenth)

And, using the fact that the angles in a triangle add up to 180°:

x = 180° - 48° - 32°
x ≈ 100° (rounded to the nearest tenth)

Therefore, the answer is:

a. w = 14.4; x = 100.0

(Note: The answer choices given may be incorrect, as neither of them match the correct values rounded to the nearest tenth of the given angles and sides.)

Answer 4

Those were the only answers on the test, they're wasn't any other choices

Answer 5

In that case, the answer closest to the calculated values using the Law of Sines would be:

a. w = 14.4; x = 11.2

While the value for w is close to the rounded value of 12.5, the value for x is quite off. It is possible that there was an error in the answer choices provided on the test.