Question

Find the cotangent of angle Y

Answer 1

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Answer 2

answer choices are:
4/3
3/4
4/5
2/5

Answer 3

Oh ok, yeah. The tangent is equal to the opposite divided by adjacent

Answer 4

so 6 divided by 8?

Answer 5

so If we try to find the angle of Y we look and see that 6 is opposite of angle Y and 8 is adjacent of angle Y

Answer 6

so 6/8
and simplify to 3/4

Answer 7

thanks so much, man.

Answer 8

no problem, always remember SOH CAH TOA

Answer 9

ill look it up. thank you.

Answer 10

the answer you guys have is correct for tangent.
The question asks for cotangent, so just take the reciprocal

Answer 11

thanks @peachpi

Answer 12

no problem