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I don't even know how to figure this out. I don't have a formula for this

I don't even know how to figure this out. I don't have a formula for this-example-1
User Javierfdr
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Answer:


\sin\theta=(15)/(17)


?=15

Explanation:

Use the trigonometry formula


\cos^2\theta+\sin^2\theta=1

You are given that


\cos \theta=(8)/(17)

Substitute into the first formula


\left((8)/(17)\right)^2+\sin^2\theta=1\\ \\(64)/(289)+\sin^2\theta=1\\ \\\sin^2\theta=1-(64)/(289)=(289-64)/(289)=(225)/(289)\\ \\\sin \theta=\pm (15)/(17)

Angle
\theta is acute angle, then the sine of this angle is positive and


\sin\theta=(15)/(17)

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