The first step is to convert angle A = 23°23' to degrees. Recall, the interpretation of angle A is 23 degree 23 minutes. Also,
1 degree = 60 minutes
Let x = 23 minutes. Thus, we have these equations
1 = 60
x = 23
By crossmultiplying,
60x = 23
x = 23/60 = 0.3833
Thus,
angle A = 23 degrees + 0.3833 degrees = 23.3833 degrees
The triangle is shown below
Taking angle A as the reference angle,
hypotenuse = 42.75
opposite side = a
adjacent side = b
To find a, we would apply the sine trigonometric ratio which is expressed as
Sin# = opposite side/hypotenuse
Sin 23.3833 = a/47.25
By crossmultiplying,
a = 47.25Sin 23.3833
a = 18.75
To find b, we would apply the cosine trigonometric ratio which is expressed as
Cos# = adjacent side/hypotenuse
Cos 23.3833 = b/47.25
By crossmultiplying,
b = 47.25Cos 23.3833
b = 43.37
The given triangle is a right triangle. This means that one of its angles is 90 degrees. Thus,
angle C = 90 degrees
The sum of the angles in a traingle is 180 degrees. This means that
angle A + angle B + angle C = 180
23.3833 + angle B + 90 = 180
angle B + 113.3833 = 180
angle B = 180 - 113.3833
angle B = 66.62 degrees
