Geometry: Common Core (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133281159
ISBN 13: 978-0-13328-115-6

Chapter 8 - Right Triangles and Trigonometry - Chapter Test - Page 537: 12

Answer

$36.9$

Work Step by Step

In this exercise, we are asked to find the measure of an unknown angle, given its cosine. cos $x$ = $\frac{12}{15}$ Take cos$^{-1}$ of each side to solve for $x$: $x$ = cos$^{-1}$$(\frac{12}{15})$ Evaluate to solve for $x$: $x \approx 36.9$
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