According to the diagram, an 8-foot-tall statue casts a shadow on the ground that is 15 feet in length. Based on this information, which trigonometric ratio has the value ?

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According to the diagram, an 8-foot-tall statue casts a shadow on the ground that is 15 feet in length. Based on this information, which trigonometric ratio has the value  ?

anonymous · Answer

help me please

nnesha · Answer

$$\rm sin \rm \theta = \frac{ opposite  }{ hypotenuse  }~~~~ \cos \theta = \frac{ adjacent  }{ hypotenuse } ~~\tan \theta = \frac{ opposite }{ adjacent  }$$

nnesha · Answer

i don't get it.

nnesha · Answer

hmm which trigonometric ratio has the value  ???  
doesn't make ay sense ...hmm

nnesha · Answer

anyway draw the triange |dw:1439262446415:dw|
you can find 3rd side of right triangle by applying the Pythagorean theorem 
 and i don't what they r looking for.
there isn't any angle .....

madhu.mukherjee.946 · Answer

|dw:1439272130777:dw| if you consider the angle which i have marked as theta then your ratio will tan theta =perpendicular /base=8/15