Question

The sail of a boat is in the shape of a right triangle, as shown below.

The sail of a boat is a right triangle with an acute angle equal to 35 degrees and the side of the sail which is the hypotenuse to the right triangle is 8 meters long.

Which expression shows the height, in meters, of the sail?
Answer

8 sec 35°

8 sin 35°

8 by cosec 35

8 by sec 35

Answer 1

height /8 = cos35
height = 8 cos 35

Answer 2

\[\cos 35=\frac{h}{8}\]

Answer 3

8 by sec 35