document.write( "Question 306812: On a separate sheet of paper, sketch each angle in standard position. Use a right triangle to find the exact values of the cosine and sine of the angle.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #219540 by nyc_function(2741)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! We are in quadrant 1 because the angle given is positive.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Drop a perpendicular line from the terminal side of the angle creating a right triangle.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "At the origin, we know that the angle is 45 degrees as given. When we drop a line from the terminal to the x-axis, we make 90 degrees where the line that is dropped meets the x-axis. This means the we have a 45-45-90 degree right triangle.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This tells me, from the unit circle that you should memorize (it will make your entire trig journey so much easier) that the value of the hypotenuse is 2 and the two legs of the right triangle are square root 2.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "sine = opposite side/hypotense\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then sine = sqrt{2}/2\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "cosine = adjacent side/hypotenuse\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then cosine = sqrt{2}/2\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |