SOLUTION: how can you represent the cosine of an angle in terms of a ratio? thnx

SOLUTION: how can you represent the cosine of an angle in terms of a ratio? thnx

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Question 148404: how can you represent the cosine of an angle in terms of a ratio?
thnx
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Normal representation:
cosine(theta) = x/r
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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