Question

Explain how

you know you would use sine, cosine or tangent to
solve this. Explain thorougly
C
X
10
B В

Answer 1

To solve for x, I would use Cosine.

This is because cosine holds the ratio of adjacent/hypotenuse. Based on the diagram, we can see that HYPOTENUSE = x, so we are solving for x. We know the angle, is 17 degrees. Lastly, we know the triangle leg ADJACENT to the angle is 10 units long. So we would use cosine, implementing the ratio adjacent/hypotenuse. Solving this, we would use cos(17)=10/x. Then our goal is to isolate x, so cos(17)=10/x becomes cos(17)*x=10, we are still trying to isolate x, so, x=10/cos(17). Therefore, our answer x = 10.457 units. cosine would be the best way to go.

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