SOLUTION: if the cos A=8/17, then what would sin A and tan A be?

SOLUTION: if the cos A=8/17, then what would sin A and tan A be?

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Question 408616: if the cos A=8/17, then what would sin A and tan A be?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
By the Pythagorean identity, --> or depending on which quadrant A is in. This means tan(A) could be either or .
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