Two sides of a triangle are perpendicular. If the two sides are 8cm and 6cm, calculate correct to the next degree, the smallest angle of the triangle. (A)35° (B)36° (C)37° (D)38° (E)53°​

Length of the perpendicular ( opposite ) = 6 cm.

Length of the base ( adjacent ) = 8 cm.

The smallest angle of the triangle.

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In a right-angled triangle, if two sides are given, the measure of the unknown angle can be known.

Since the value of opposite and adjacent sides are given, we use the tangent formula.

tan θ =

✒ tan θ =

✒ θ = (0.75)

✒ θ = 36.9°

✒ θ = 37°

Now let us find the other unknown angle 'x'.

We know that,

Sum of angles of a triangle = 180°

✒ 37° + x + 90° = 180° (90° since it is a right-angled triangle)

✒ x + 127° = 180°

✒ x = 180° - 127°

✒ x = 53°

Therefore, the three angles of the triangle are 37°, 53° and 90°.

Hence, the smallest angle is 37°.

x = central angle apc = measure of minor arc ac

the two angles x and 30 add to 180, so x+30 = 180 and x = 180-30 = 150. the measure of minor arc ac is 150 degrees.

what we need to do from here is find the circumference and then multiply it by x/360 since there are 360 degrees in a circle. in this case, x = 150, so x/360 = 150/360 = 15/36 = 5/12. the shortest distance along the curve from a to c is 5/12 of the distance around the entire circle (aka circumference)

c = circumference

c = pi*d

c = pi*24

c = 24pi

now multiply this by 5/12 to get

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(circumference)

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(24pi)

distance along minor arc ac = 10pi

the formula you can use is

l = (x/360)*pi*d

with

l = length of minor arc

x = central angle

d = diameter

which essentially is the steps we took though a bit differently.

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