This task is about using trigonometry to calculate lengths of a triangle.
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Maia is drawing a pattern so she can make two sails for her yacht.
She calculates the lengths of sides x and y using the measurements above and trigonometry.
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Calculate the length of side x. Use the space provided to show your working.
Length of side x = __________ metres.
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Use trigonometry to show two different ways Maia could find the length of side y.
Use the numbers in the diagram above.
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Use one of your methods to calculate the length of side y.
Length of side y = ________ metres.
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