SOLUTION: The acronym SOHCAHTOA is often used in trigonometry. What do you think each letter stands for and give an example finding either an unknown side or an unknown angle using a portion

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Question 1037264: The acronym SOHCAHTOA is often used in trigonometry. What do you think each letter stands for and give an example finding either an unknown side or an unknown angle using a portion of this acronym.
Found 2 solutions by Theo, Alan3354:
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
i believe this reference will do it.

http://www.mathwords.com/s/sohcahtoa.htm

sine = opposite / hypotenuse (SOH)

cosine = adjacent / hypotenuse (CAH)

tangent = opposite / adjacent (TOA)


Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Is that an acronym, or an abbreviation?
I suppose a pronouncement is possible.
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acronym
noun
1. a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
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Not all abbreviations are acronyms.