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Solve for the values of x and y for the given figure:
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Solution:
Consider the given figure above
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There are two right triangles that are adjacent to each other. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the side of the other right triangle. Since the values of one side and two angles are given, then we can solve for x and y using trigonometric functions as follows
