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in the accompanying diagram the legs of the right triangle ABC measures 5 inches and 12 inches and the hypotenuse measures 13 inches what is the value of cost a

in the accompanying diagram the legs of the right triangle ABC measures 5 inches and-example-1

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We have that


\begin{gathered} \cos \text{ A = }\frac{5\text{ in}}{13\text{ in}} \\ =\text{ }0.3846 \end{gathered}

So the answer is cosA = 0.3846 = 5/13

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