how do you find an angle when the only measurements you have are the sides?

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anonymous · Answer

You do Sin, Cos, and Tan.

jocelyn · Answer

you do either one of them. the formula's are : sinA: opposite- over- hypotenuse  cosA: adjacent - over - hypotenuse     tanA: adjacent- over- hypotenuse

jocelyn · Answer

depends on which side u need to figure out

anonymous · Answer

Jocelyn, you helped me with my problem.. Thanks, :)

anonymous · Answer

you rock jocelyn

jocelyn · Answer

u welcome

anonymous · Answer

TanA: opposite-over-hypotenuse. She missed it.

jocelyn · Answer

no i'm pretty sure tan A is adjacent-over-hypotenuse. at least that is what my algebra teacher told me. i'm a freshman so everything's fresh in my mind.

anonymous · Answer

It can't be, there can't be two of the same equations. You know? You said two of the adjacent-over-hypotenuse.

anonymous · Answer

I'm pretty sure tan is opposite over adjacent.

anonymous · Answer

It is.. My teacher taught me this: Soh, Cah, Toa. The last two letters is the angles in the problem. Does it make sense?

anonymous · Answer

You wrote at first it was: adjacent-over-hypotneuse