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OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

using sin, cos or tan find the value of X

OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

SOH-CAH-TOA

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

go to the given angle corner, and look at the triangle. figure out wat adjacent side and hypotenuse are

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

adjacent is x and opposite is unknown

OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

hypotenuse is 11

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

yes !

OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

so we use cos

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

you want to find x, which is adjacent you knw the hypotenuse so, which trig ratio helps us ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

yes, cos !!

OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

\[\cos 41=\frac{ x }{ 11 }\]

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

perfect !

OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

\[(11*)\cos 41=\frac{ x }{ 11 }*11\] \[11\cos 41=8.3\]

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

8.3 = \(\large \color{red}{\checkmark}\)

OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

so i did it right :DDD

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

you did great :) good work !!

OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

thanks i think i understand this now

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

good :D

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