SOLUTION: Let data be an acute angle of a right triangle. Express the remaining five trigonometric functions in terms of a.
(a) sin (data)= a/3
(b) tan(data)= a/5
(c) sec(data)= a
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Question 640875: Let data be an acute angle of a right triangle. Express the remaining five trigonometric functions in terms of a.
(a) sin (data)= a/3
(b) tan(data)= a/5
(c) sec(data)= a
I'm not sure if the angle changes which leg is opposite or adjacent.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(a) and (b) cannot occur together in the same triangle. \ =\ \frac{\sin(\varphi)}{\cos(\varphi)})
, so
}\ =\ \frac{a}{5})
)
\ =\ \frac{5}{3})
But the range of the cosine function is \ \leq\ 1)
, so 
is an impossible value.
And since these two items must be part of the same question asking about the same triangle because I know you wouldn't violate the rule about one question per post, the whole question is bogus. Tell your teacher to try again. And 
is "theta" not "data"
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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