Triangle is equilateral. Line segments and are perpendicular and share the same length. Line segment is parallel to .
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What is if is the length of either or and is the side length of ?
NOTE: The answer must be in the nearest thousandths.
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sin 6 0 ° = s − x x
⟹ 2 3 = s − x x ⟹ s x = 2 + 3 3 ≈ 0 . 4 6 4 1 .