SOLUTION: if cot theta = 5/3, what is sin theta? and what is cos theta?

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Question 786207: if cot theta = 5/3, what is sin theta? and what is cos theta?
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if cot theta = 5/3, what is sin theta? and what is cos theta?
use x for theta
cotx=cosx/sinx=5/3
hypotenuse=√(5^2+3^2)=√(25+9)=√34
sinx=3/√34
cosx=5/√34