Question

Help please

Answer 1

for a) you are given the opposite side and you want to find the hypotenuse. which trig ratio should we use?

Answer 2

sin?

Answer 3

good so sin(theta) = opposite/hypotenuse

solve for hypotenuse

Answer 4

cos solves for adjacent

Answer 5

okay

Answer 6

wouldnt it be the inverse

Answer 7

because there is no ypotenuse

Answer 8

what do you think the hypotenuse is equal to? can you try writing an expression for it?

Answer 9

i thought it would be sin^-1(38)

Answer 10

we are not solving for theta so there is no reason to take the inverse of a trig function

Answer 11

oh we could do hypotenuse = sin(theta) * opposite?

Answer 12

just substitute the hypotenuse, opposite, and angle into sin(theta) = opposite/hypotenuse then solve for hypotenuse

Answer 13

check your math again

Answer 14

32.5

Answer 15

good that's a

Answer 16

then you could use another trig function to solve for b

Answer 17

cos

Answer 18

sure

Answer 19

25.6

Answer 20

good, that's it