Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Proving Identities - 5.1 Problem Set - Page 280: 85

Answer

$\displaystyle \cos A=\frac{4}{5}$ $\displaystyle \tan A=\frac{3}{4}$

Work Step by Step

In quadrant I, cosine is positive. ($\cos\theta=\pm\sqrt{1-\sin^{2}\theta}$ is with a plus sign) $\displaystyle \cos A=+\sqrt{1-(\frac{3}{5})^{2}}=\sqrt{\frac{25-9}{25}}=\sqrt{\frac{16}{25}}=\frac{4}{5}$ $\displaystyle \tan A=\frac{\sin A}{\cos A}=\frac{\frac{3}{5}}{\frac{4}{5}}=\frac{3}{4}$
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