Alex takes a multiple-choice quiz in his Anthropology 100 class. The quiz has 10 questions, each has 4 possible answers, only on
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Hi there! You have to remember these 6 basic Trigonometric Ratios which are:
- sine (sin) = opposite/hypotenuse
- cosine (cos) = adjacent/hypotenuse
- tangent (tan) = opposite/adjacent
- cosecant (cosec/csc) = hypotenuse/opposite
- secant (sec) = hypotenuse/adjacent
- cotangent (cot) = adjacent/opposite
- cosecant is the reciprocal of sine
- secant is the reciprocal of cosine
- cotangent is the reciprocal of tangent
Back to the question. Assuming that the question asks you to find the cosine, sine, cosecant and secant of angle theta.
What we have now are:
- Trigonometric Ratio
- Adjacent = 12
- Opposite = 10
Looks like we are missing the hypotenuse. Do you remember the Pythagorean Theorem? Recall it!
- a²+b² = c²
Define that c-term is the hypotenuse. a-term and b-term can be defined as adjacent or opposite
Since we know the value of adjacent and opposite, we can use the formula to find the hypotenuse.
- 10²+12² = c²
- 100+144 = c²
- 244 = c²
Thus, the hypotenuse is:
Now that we know all lengths of the triangle, we can find the ratio. Recall Trigonometric Ratio above! Therefore, the answers are:
- cosine (cosθ) = adjacent/hypotenuse = 12/(2√61) = 6/√61 = <u>(6√61) / 61</u>
- sine (sinθ) = opposite/hypotenuse = 10/(2√61) = 5/√61 = <u>(5√61) / 61</u>
- cosecant (cscθ) is reciprocal of sine (sinθ). Hence, cscθ = (2√61/10) = <u>√61/5</u>
- secant (secθ) is reciprocal of cosine (cosθ). Hence, secθ = (2√61)/12 = <u>√</u><u>61</u><u>/</u><u>6</u>
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Furthermore, we can use Trigonometric Identity to find the hypotenuse instead of Pythagorean Theorem.
Hope this helps, and Happy Learning! :)
The given polygons are similar
Step-by-step explanation:
By observing the given diagrams, we can see that the respective angles are congruent.
Two shapes are said to be similar if they have same shapes or one shape is created by uniformly increasing or decreasing the side of other.
For this purpose we find the scale factor of greater to smaller image, if the scale factor is same for each side then the two shapes are similar
So,
The scale factor is:
We can see that the scale factor is same for all sides.
Hence,
The given polygons are similar
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