Example 3: Sally is building a house and needs to know information about the roof's design. The base of the roof is 12.8 m wide and the rafters form angles of 48° and 44° to the horizontal. How long is each rafter, to the nearest tenth of a metre? 6.2

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Example 3:
Sally is building a house and needs to know information about the roof's design.
The base of the roof is 12.8 m wide and the rafters form angles of 48° and 44°
to the horizontal. How long is each rafter, to the nearest tenth of a metre?
6.2
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