Can't use the tangent here
  
 We know the side adjacent to the 28° angle  and we are trying to find the side opposite the right angle (the hypotenuse )
  
 And the trig function that relates the adjacent  side and the hypotenuse is the cosine
  
 cos (angle measure )  =  adjacent / hypotenuse
  
 oos ( 28° )  =  11 / x      multiply both sides by x
  
 x cos (28°)  = 11      divide both sides by cos (28°)
  
 x   =  11 / cos (28° )  =  12.46
  
  
  
  
 