SOLUTION: Suppose that a right triangle has opposite side angle theta of length 6 and a hypotenuse of length 2 square root 10. (a) draw this triangle and compute the length of the missing si

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Question 1164779: Suppose that a right triangle has opposite side angle theta of length 6 and a hypotenuse of length 2 square root 10. (a) draw this triangle and compute the length of the missing side (the side adjacent to theta) (b) compute the six trigonometric ratios of theta.
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Use the to calculate the missing side.

is the side opposite the angle divided by the hypotenuse. is the side adjacent to the angle divided by the hypotenuse. . Then cotangent is the reciprocal of tangent, secant is the reciprocal of cosine, and cosecant is the reciprocal of sine.


John

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