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OpenStudy (anonymous):

In ΔABC, what is the value of cos B? 513 1213 512 1312

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@paki

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

are you familiar with SOH-CAH-TOA ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

okay you will be able to do do all problems like these if you know it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no i wont cuz this is trig and i havn't learned that stuff yet.

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

SOH- `CAH` -TOA \[\large \cos(\theta) = \dfrac{\text{adjacent side}}{\text{hypotenuse }}\]

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

you figure out the sides and plug them in above ^^

OpenStudy (anonymous):

whats ^^ mean?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

do you know how to figure out adjacent or hypotenuse sides ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

nope

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

its easy, you walk to the required angle corner of the triangle

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

since you want to find `cos(B)`, you walk to the corner `B` of the given triangle and stare at the triangle

OpenStudy (anonymous):

idk what your talking about lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what does cos mean?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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