Please help with my quick math question!?

Question

Is saying tan 74= X/ 11.8... using soh cah toa? Or can you use that on non right traingles... i have no idea

Answer 1

in the format u have it right now u can only use it on right angled triangles/

there is a sine and cos rule that u use on non right angled triangles

Answer 2

here you are saying that x is the altitude of something which is 11.8 units away from the angle { of measure 74° }