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CC12:

Math help please

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@dude will you help me

dude:

Ya Do you know the trig ratio for cosine?

CC12:

ajacent over hypotenuse

CC12:

18/25

dude:

\(cos(\theta)=\frac{adjacent}{hypotenuse}\) So theta is the angle measure

dude:

You're solving for the side, not the angle (we have that)

CC12:

x/25

dude:

yeah, just add the angle \(cos(18)=\frac{x}{25}\) You want to isolate x, do you know how to do that here?

CC12:

divide it by a number

dude:

D:

dude:

What is the opposite of dividing by 25?

CC12:

multiply

dude:

Yeahhh multiply 25 on both sides

CC12:

cos(18)*25 then x/25*25?

dude:

Yeah but 25 times 1/25 is just 1 so \(25cos(18ยบ)=x\)

CC12:

23.77

dude:

Multiply them into your calculator (doing them by hand is impossible) Make sure to have the mode on degrees if you're using a graphing or an online one

dude:

Yeah

CC12:

Thanks

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