Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 2 - Section 2.1 - Definition II: Right Triangle Trigonometry - 2.1 Problem Set - Page 63: 67

Answer

$\sin A = 0.960 \approx 1$ $\cos A = 0.280 \approx 0.300$ $\sin B = 0.280 \approx 0.300$ $\cos B = 0.960 \approx 1$

Work Step by Step

Steps to Answer- We will use given data about triangle ABC and use Pythagoras Theorem to solve for 'c'- We know that - $c^{2} =a^{2} + b^{2}$ ( Pythagoras Theorem) $c^{2} = (19.44)^{2} + (5.67)^{2}$ $c^{2} = 377.9136 +32.1489$ $c^{2} = 410.0625$ therefore $ c = \sqrt (410.0625)$ = 20.25 Now we can write the required T-functions of A and B using $a=19.44$ , b = 5.67 and c = 20.25 $\sin A = \frac{a}{c} = \frac{19.44}{20.25}$ = $0.960 \approx 1$ $\cos A = \frac{b}{c} = \frac{5.67}{20.25}$ = $ 0.280 \approx 0.300$ $\sin B = \frac{b}{c} =\frac{5.67}{20.25}$ = $ 0.280 \approx 0.300$ $\cos B =\frac{a}{c} = \frac{19.44}{20.25}$ = $0.960 \approx 1$
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