Given the right triangle below, use the cosine function to write a trigonometric expression for the missing angle $ϕ$ .

$$\phi$=$\cos$^{-1}$\left$($\frac{12}{13}\]\right$)$

$$\phi$=$\cos$^{-1}$\left$($\frac{13}{5}\]\right$)$

$$\phi$=$\cos$^{-1}$\left$($\frac{13}{12}\]\right$)$

$$\phi$=$\cos$^{-1}$\left$($\frac{5}{13}\]\right$)$

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