Question

What are the values of Sine, Cosine, and Tangent given the point (3,4)?

Answer 1

you are asked to find sin(theta), cos(theta) and tan(theta)
where you have the following right triangle

Answer 2

I understand the graph but I dont know where to go from this point

Answer 3

do you know the ratio definitions of sin(theta), cos(theta), and tan(theta) ?

Answer 4

perhaps you have seen soh cah toa before?

Answer 5

for sin think opposite over hypotenuse
for cos think adjacent over hypotenuse
for tan think opposite over adjacent

Answer 6

or maybe you are having trouble telling which side is opposite and which side is adjacent and which side is hypotenuse ?

Answer 7

the opposite side is the side not touching the angle at all
the hypotenuse is the side opposite the 90 degree angle (and also known as the longest side of a right triangle ) (this side helps to form the angle in question)
the adjacent side is the other side touching the angle