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One leg of a right triangle is 12 inches, and the measure of the angle opposite that leg is $30^\circ$. What is the number of inches in the hypotenuse of the triangle?

 Aug 26, 2015
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One leg of a right triangle is 12 inches, and the measure of the angle opposite that leg is $30^\circ$. What is the number of inches in the hypotenuse of the triangle?

 If by "$30^\circ$" you mean degrees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then Sin(30)=12/Hypo

1/2=12/Hypo

Then Hypotenuse=12/(1/2)=24

 Aug 26, 2015

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