<PRE><B>Question 393481</B>
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot;&gt;Well, remember what the sine of an angle of a triangle is? &lt;br&gt;

It simply is the length of the side opposite the angle, divided by the length of the hypotenuse.&lt;br&gt;

In other words, it is a ratio!&lt;br&gt;

The value for the sin(14) where 14 is in degrees is:&lt;br&gt;

.24192189&lt;br&gt;

Therefore the opposite side divided by the hypotenuse has a value of .24192189&lt;br&gt;

So you indeed have a ratio:&lt;br&gt;

{{{o/h=.24}}}&lt;br&gt;

where o is the length of the opposite side, and h is the length of the hypotenuse.&lt;br&gt;

You can see that if you had a side opposite of 24, and a hypotenuse of 100,&lt;br&gt;

then you would have the ratio of {{{24/100}}}&lt;br&gt; 

which would also be the sine of that angle (and of course that angle would be approximately 14 degrees).&lt;br&gt;

Without seeing your actual books or lessons, I am assuming that this is what they are looking for.&lt;br&gt;

I hope this helps!&lt;br&gt;</PRE>