Answer:
x = 5.5 to the nearest tenth.
Step-by-step explanation:
Here we have a right triangle with one angle (65 degrees) given. Side x is the "side adjacent to the angle" and is to be found. The hypotenuse is 13.
The cosine function makes use of these three knowns: the angle, the hypotenuse and the adjacent side. Thus:
cos 65 degrees = adj / hyp = x / 13, or
x = 13 cos 65
Evaluating this on a calculator, we get x = 5.49, or x = 5.5 to the nearest tenth.
