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Pls solve this, it’s math


And only if you know the answer pls

Pls solve this, it’s math And only if you know the answer pls-example-1
User Narayan Prusty
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Since the unit circle has a radius of 1 we know that r = 1 and that our angle is 60 degrees. Using sin and cos functions we can then find the x and y coordinates of point A. since
cos(\alpha ) = (x)/(1) and
sin(\alpha ) = (y)/(1) (where
\alpha = the angle)


A = (x,y) = (cos(a),sin(a)) because of the identity that cos(a) = x and sin(a) = y

Using the angle and the previously described identity we can find the coordinates with cos(60) = x = 1/2 and sin(60) = y =
(√(3) )/(2) to get A =(x,y) =
((1)/(2),(√(3) )/(2)).

From here we can work backwards and find that BC = x =
(1)/(2) and that AC = y =
(√(3) )/(2) and finally we know that AB = r = 1 because it is a radius of the unit circle and must be 1.

-This probably isn't the way you were taught to solve this problem, but it is how we do it in physics and real-life.

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