SOLUTION: What is the sine, cosine and tangent of ∠E in the triangle shown in the image? Here is a link to the image: https://imgur.com/a/nNg4c1p

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Question 1183620: What is the sine, cosine and tangent of ∠E in the triangle shown in the image? Here is a link to the image: https://imgur.com/a/nNg4c1p
Answer by themasterofcircuits(27)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, we need to be familiar with the following trigonometric ratios:



From Angle E, we have opposite = 8 and adjacent = 6.
We can find the hypotenuse using the Pythagorean Theorem:
, so
So, we have that the hypotenuse = 10.
Plugging this information we have our ratios:



Reducing, we have:




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