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OpenStudy (anonymous):

An acute angle θ is in a right triangle with sin θ = 7/8 What is the value of cot θ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I dont know

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wait, nvm

OpenStudy (anonymous):

nobody talk to samuel alden.... he's a dik

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the opposite side = 7 units, and the hypotenuse is 8 units

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so the nearest side is sqrt(64-49), or sqrt(15)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

cot = adj/opp, so cot(theta) = sqrt(15)/7

OpenStudy (anonymous):

or 0.55328333517

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