document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=605751>Question 605751</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I've just started home schooling my nephew, and I've totally forgotten how to work with sin, cosine and tangent (haven't done this stuff since I was in 10th grade). The problem: Solve to the nearest hundredth sin(x)/5=sin(40)/9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I simplified sin(40) then cross multiplied, which then looked like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.21=9*sin(x); I isolated sin(x) by dividing both sides by 9, so this is where I ended up: 0.36=sin(x)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Am I even close to the right track?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tami Knorr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #381796 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=htmentor><B>htmentor(1343)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=htmentor><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=htmentor><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=381796\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Yes, that is correct so far.  No you need to find the angle whose sin is 0.36 (actually you should keep a few more digits and then round the final answer)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sin(x) = 0.3571<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = arcsin(0.3571) = 20.92 deg. </SPAN>\n" );
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