Sohcahtoa My algebra teacher got us all to remember that word because... Soh - Sin = Opposite / Hypotenus Cah - Cos = Adjacent / Hypotenus Toa - Tan = Opposite / Adjacent Sin, Cos, and Tan are what you can use to find missing triangle sides if you know at least one other angle besides the 90 degree angle.
so 5 times 10^-2 times x=7.5 times 10^3 divide both sdies by 5 times 10^-2 x=(7.5 times 10^3)/(5 times 10^-2) when dividing scientific notation you do this x=(7.5 times 10^3)/(5 times 10^-2)=(7.5/5) times ((10^3)/(10^-2)) to divide exponents just subtract top from bottom 3-(-2)=5 answer is x=1.5 times 10^5