We need to find angle a in the figure.
We know that:
x = 9.342 inches
y = 6.692 inches
z = 2.952 inches
We can do so by finding the legs in the following triangle:
The adjacent leg is x. And the opposite leg is found by subtracting z from y, and then dividing the result by two (assuming the figure is symmetric):
[tex]\frac{y-z}{2}[/tex]
Thus, we have:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \sin a=\frac{\text{ opposite leg}}{\text{ adjacent leg}} \\ \\ \sin a=\frac{\frac{y-z}{2}}{x} \\ \\ \sin a=\frac{\frac{6.692-2.952}{2}}{9.342} \\ \\ \sin a=\frac{1.87}{9.342} \\ \\ a=\arcsin\left(\frac{1.87}{9.342}\right) \\ \\ a\cong11.55\degree \end{gathered}[/tex]
