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SAT Right triangles Question

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Question 1 · Medium · MathNovember 2024 Batch 1 · Q20Right triangles and trigonometry · 0 solved
Original image: right triangle QRS with right angle at R and side SR labeled 17.
Original image: right triangle QRS with right angle at R and side SR labeled 17.

In triangle shown, . Which expression represents the length of ?

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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.