he longer base of isosceles trapezoid is 12 cm. The side is 5 cm. The acute angle is 37º. Find the shorter base.
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Answer:4.01 cm to the nearest hundredth.Step-by-step explanation:Consider the triangle formed by the perpendicular line drawn from one endpoint of the shorter base to the longer base.cos 37 = x / 5x = 5 cos 37x = 3.9932 cmThe shorter base = longer base - 2(3.9932)= 12 - 7.9864= 4.0136