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Find the cosine of

I dont know what else it wants me to say because it says that its to short to ask.

Find the cosine of I dont know what else it wants me to say because it says that its-example-1

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well, for the cosine of G we'll need the hypotenuse GH, so let's get it, Check the picture below.


\begin{array}{llll} \textit{using the pythagorean theorem} \\\\ c^2=a^2+o^2\implies c=√(a^2 + o^2) \end{array} \qquad \begin{cases} c=\stackrel{hypotenuse}{GH}\\ a=\stackrel{adjacent}{√(6)}\\ o=\stackrel{opposite}{1} \end{cases} \\\\\\ GH=\sqrt{ (√(6))^2 + 1^2}\implies GH=√( 6 + 1 ) \implies GH=√( 7 ) \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill


\cos(G )=\cfrac{\stackrel{adjacent}{√(6)}}{\underset{hypotenuse}{√(7)}}\implies \cos(G )=\cfrac{√(6)}{√(7)}\cdot \cfrac{√(7)}{√(7)}\implies \cos(G )=\cfrac{√(42)}{7}

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