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OpenStudy (anonymous):

if tan theta = 24/7 what is cos theta

OpenStudy (shamim):

we need to draw a right angled triangle

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok thank you

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (shamim):

tan theta=oposit/base

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what are the numbers though?

OpenStudy (shamim):

oposit=24 base=7

OpenStudy (shamim):

by using pythagorean theorem find hypotenuse

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok thank you

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so 24squared + 7squared = csquared

OpenStudy (shamim):

u r most welcome

OpenStudy (shamim):

ya u r right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (shamim):

but tell me cos theta=?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

25?

OpenStudy (shamim):

i think c =25

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea thats what I got

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so what do you do after u find C?

OpenStudy (shamim):

hypotenuse=25

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea

OpenStudy (shamim):

cos theta=base/hypotenuse

OpenStudy (anonymous):

7/25

OpenStudy (shamim):

ya right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks!

OpenStudy (shamim):

welcome

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