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SAT Lines, angles, and triangles Question

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Question 1 · Hard · MathJune 2024 · Q19Lines, angles, and triangles · 0 solved

In right triangle ABC, angles A and B are acute, side AC has a length of 21.7, and . What is the length of side BC, rounded to the nearest tenth?

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The trap here

SAT SOHCAHTOA: naming the sides from the angle you were given Opposite and adjacent are not fixed sides of a triangle — they swap depending on which angle you are working from. That swap is the trap.