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

Which expression shows the length, in meters, of the side adjacent to the 50 degree angle?

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PLEASE HELP ME!The sail of a boat is in the shape of a right triangle, as shown below. 
  
Which expression shows the length, in meters, of the side adjacent to the 50 degree angle?

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6 sin 50
6 cot 50
6/sec50
6/cot50

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Is anyone going to help me ?

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Sure, let me try

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Are you familiar with SOH CAH TOA?

SOH - opposite / hypotenuse
CAH - adjacent / hypotenuse
TOA - opposite / adjacent

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You are given the angle, 50 degrees, and the length of the opposite side from the angle, which is 6m

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yes

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Therefore, what trigonometric relation do you think you should work with, given that you want to find the length of the adjacent side for the angle

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Which two sides do you have work with relative to the angle 50 degrees?

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im not sure

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All right, let's figure it out. You have 3 sides, can you identify the hypotenuse in the picture?

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You know that it is a right triangle, because there is a 90 degree angle at the bottom left of the triangle

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the longest side

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Cool, which is which side? The left side, the bottom side, or the right side?

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In a right triangle, 90 is the large possible angle, and in triangles, the largest side is opposite the largest angle

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the left
?

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