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ACT Math: Trigonometry Drill 1, Problem 1. What is the length of y?
ACT Math Trigonometry Drill 1, Problem 2. Can you find the tangent?
ACT Math: Trigonometry Drill 1, Problem 3. Can you find the cosine?
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ACT Math: Trigonometry Drill 5, Problem 3. What is the length of side x?
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- 00:02
Here's your shmoop du jour...
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cos(A) = 3/7. What is the length of side x?
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And here are your options...
- 00:14
Okay, so we know the cosine of angle A...
- 00:16
and we need to use it to find the length of side x...
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The cosine of an angle is equal to the adjacent side over the hypotenuse.
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If the adjacent side is 3 and the hypotenuse is 7, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to
- 00:29
solve for the missing leg, x.
- 00:37
So we can just plug our numbers into this formula,
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Three squared plus x squared equals seven squared.
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9 plus x squared equals 49.
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x squared equals 40.
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x equals the square root of 40.
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The square root of 40 is equal to 2 root 10, and there you have it...
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...option C. That's the way to go.
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