Question

What is r ÷ p equal to?

tan y°
sin y°
tan x°
sin x°

I'm pretty sure its tan but I dont know whether its x or y

Answer 1

@darkknight

Answer 2

what is r and what is p, can u provide picture if there are any?

Answer 3

just remember opposite over adjacent is tan
opposite over hypo is sin
adjacent over hypo is cos

Answer 4

I'm not sure how to put the picture here.

Answer 5

attach file button right below this

Answer 6

so r divided by p, r is adjacent of x, and p is opposite of x
what is opposite of x/adjacent of x
?

Answer 7

remember \[ tanx=sinx/cosx\]

Answer 8

I was thinking it was tan because r is the adjacent and p is the opposite.

Answer 9

I'm afraid I'd need more of an explanation.

Answer 10

@darkknight can you please post this image ? ty

Answer 11

Its in a link.

Answer 12

no you are correct, we use tan,

Answer 13

ok but this docs format i need download

Answer 14

so basically we do r / p right?
so r is opposite of y and p is adjacent to y
opposite divided by adjacent is tan, but we are doing in respect to y

Answer 15

so we are doing tan, but with respect to y, does this make sense seafoam?

Answer 16

Why is it to y exactly?

Answer 17

@jhonyy9 i got tis

Answer 18

because we need to find r divided by p, if we did in respect to x, tan of x would be p / r we want to find r/p so that is why we do with respect to y

Answer 19

I'm pretty sure its tan but I dont know whether its x or y

so can be x or y - how ?

Answer 20

jhonyy its on the problem, the angles. but do u get it seafoam?

Answer 21

Why does having r before p apply to y?

Answer 22

Thank you for explaining, I simply am asking questions to understand.

Answer 23

do u see the problem? what is r divided p equal to.
no its ok seafoam that is why i am here

Answer 24

But r and p are just variables, how do you divide that?

Answer 25

so basicallyopposite divided by adjacent is tan
we want to do r divided by p. With respect to angle y we can do r divided by p to have tan
with respect to angle x it would be p/r as the tan

Answer 26

consider the variables side lengths, remember tan is opposite side/ adjacent side.
that is how you do tan

Answer 27

We want to do r / p, these are sides not the hypotenuse, therefore the 2nd and 4th options are invalid

Answer 28

we do not need the hypotenuse for r/p, now do u get it?

Answer 29

Yes I think I understand.

Answer 30

ok, so what did u get for your answer

Answer 31

There is another question I'm stuck on, could you help with that?

Answer 32

yeah sure, make a new post

Answer 33

Oh isn't the answer tan y°?

Answer 34

correct

Answer 35

Um so how do I do another post?

Answer 36

close this one, you should see a button on the left side of ur screen. Then make a new post the way u made this one