Complete the following item. Consult the table above to find the cosine number.

Find A to the nearest degree.

A = ? degrees.

Question

Complete the following item. Consult the table above to find the cosine number.

Find A to the nearest degree.



A = ? degrees.

amistre64 · Answer

seems like your matching numbers to angles according to what i can read from this

anonymous · Answer

attachment

amistre64 · Answer

good, now how do we define cosine?

anonymous · Answer

the ratio of the side adjacent to the angle over the hypotenuse.

amistre64 · Answer

good, which value would you say is the side and which is the hypot in this pic?

anonymous · Answer

267 is the side and 391 is the hypot

amistre64 · Answer

good, and when we divide 267 by 391 we get a value of about .6828  that we need to find on a table of cosines

amistre64 · Answer

do you have the table that was spoken of in the post?

anonymous · Answer

no but hold on

anonymous · Answer

here it is

amistre64 · Answer

look at the columns that are labeled as "cosine"  and find the values that our 6828 fits inbetween

anonymous · Answer

51

amistre64 · Answer

hmmm,   i would say it fits better between 46 and 47.  wouldnt you?

amistre64 · Answer

6947    6828    6820
  46       our#      47

anonymous · Answer

oh yea ur right, don't know what i was thinkin

amistre64 · Answer

our#  is closer to 47 than 46, so id approx it to 47

anonymous · Answer

ok

amistre64 · Answer

post up another one and see who bites, i have to go home soon

amistre64 · Answer

good luck ;)

anonymous · Answer

thankyou so much for ur help