Problems from Trigonometric Ratios: sine, cosine and tangent

Given the triangle ABC, whose sides are a=3, b=4 and c=5, being x the angle of the A vertex, compute the following values:

  1. sin(x)
  2. cos(x)
  3. tan(x)
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Development:

First, we define how long each side of the triangle is:

AB=5AC=4BC=3

Then, once the length of every side is calculated, we proceed by computing the trigonometric ratios that have been told to:

  1. sin(x)=35=0.6
  2. cos(x)=45=0.8
  3. tan(x)=34=0.75

Solution:

  1. sin(x)=0.6
  2. cos(x)=0.8
  3. tan(x)=0.75
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