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Given cos 0 = 11/6 and angle 0 is in Quadrant I, what is the exact value of sin 0 in

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Given cos 0 = 11/6 and angle 0 is in Quadrant I, what is the exact value of sin 0 in-example-1
User Gergely Kovacs
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1 = sin²0 + cos²0

sin²0 = 1 - cos²0

sin²0 = 1 - 11/36

sin²0 = 25/36

sin 0 = 5/6 or -5/6

In the first quadrant, the values for sin, cos and tan are positive.

sin0 = 5/6

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