SOLUTION: assume x is an acute angle in a right triangle sin x= 3/4; cos x how do i solve this?

SOLUTION: assume x is an acute angle in a right triangle sin x= 3/4; cos x how do i solve this?

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Question 579900: assume x is an acute angle in a right triangle
sin x= 3/4; cos x
how do i solve this?

Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sin x = 3/4
sin x = opposite side / hypotenuse=3/4
opposite side = 3
hypotenuse = 4
so adjacent side = sqrt(4^2-3^2) by hypotenuse theorem

=
Cos x = adjacent side / hypotenuse
Cos x =
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