Question

EASY TRIG QUESTION: For an angle Θ with the point (5, -12) on its terminating side, what is the value of cosine?

Answer 1

is there any choices?

Answer 2

@herua123

5
-12
5/13
-12/13

Answer 3

It is +12/13.

Answer 4

@herua123 how sure are you?

Answer 5

100% sure Chris I got it from yahoo

Answer 6

there's no choice for that, the closest would be -12/13

Answer 7

that's what I got

Answer 8

so the answer is -12/13? can you link the yahoo page you got it from?

Answer 9

https://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=A0SO8xQzt9JToQMAScZXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTExOWpkbnBwBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1VJQzFfMQ--?qid=20131015190918AAMSyfC

Answer 10

You can make a triangle using this coordinate pair they gave you.