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Angle 0 lies in the second quadrant and sin 0 = 3/5 cos= coy =

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Consider the right triangle ABC with legs AB=4, AC=3 and hypotenuse BC=5. Angle B has

\sin B=(opposite)/(hypotenuse) = (3)/(5) and

\cos B = (adjacent)/(hypotenuse) = (4)/(5).

Since O lies in second quadrant
\cos O\ \textless \ 0 and

\cos O= -\cos B =- (4)/(5).
Answer:
\cos O=- (4)/(5).



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