Solving Trigonometry Equations

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To get the length of AB, I first identified which sides of the triangle were the opposite, adjacent, and hypotenuse. AC was the opposite, CB was the adjacent, and AB was the hypotenuse. I then chose cosine as the trigonomic ratio because the adjacent length was given, and I was trying to find the length of the hypotenuse. I then wrote cos 37 = 38/x because cos = adj/hyp and in this case, 38 = adj and x = hyp. I then isolated x by dividing both sides by 38. I then wrote each fraction as reciprocals, and calculated 38/cos 37, which gave me x =48.

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To get the length of AC, I first identified which sides of the triangle were the opposite, adjacent, and hypotenuse. AC was the opposite, CB was the adjacent, and AB was the hypotenuse. I chose tangent as the trigonomic ratio because the adjacent length was given, and I was trying to find the length of the opposite side. I then wrote  tan 37 = x/38 because tan = opp/adj and in this case, adj = 38 and x = opp. I then isolated x by multiplying both sides by 38, then calculated 38 multiplied by tan 37, which gave me the answer x = 29.

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To get the angle of CAB, I first identified which sides of the triangle were the opposite, adjacent, and hypotenuse. AC was the opposite, CB was the adjacent, and AB was the hypotenuse.  I chose the trigonomic ratio tan because tan = opp/adj, and I knew that for this triangle that opp = 29 and adj = 38. I then isolated x by moving tan to the other side of the equation, which inversed tan and changed it to tan-1.  I then calculated 29/38 tan-1  , which gave me 37.

 

 

Week 5 – Math 10

 

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This question stumped me because I was only multiplying one set of a conversion fraction. When dealing with 3-D objects, you need to multiply with 3 sets of conversion fractions, and when dealing with 2-D objects, you need to multiply with 2 sets of conversion fractions. In this case, I multiplied with 3 sets of conversion fractions.

Here is the correct answer,

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Week 4 – Math 10

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I had no clue how to turn this number into scientific notation form when I first saw it, because I had never been taught how to. After it was briefly taught I figured out how to do the question. The basic formula is a ×10n. First, you put a decimal between the first two digits other than zero, in this case it was 7 and 5. This determines what a is. Next, you count the spaces between digits all the way to the end of the number, in this case, it was 6. This determines what n is, or the exponent. The correct answer for this question is 7.5 x 106.

 

Week 3 – Math 10

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I had had trouble with this question because messed up the power of a power law. I thought you added the power and the exponent, when you are supposed to multiply it. Also, I thought you multiply the coefficient by the power, when you really take the coefficient to the power of the power.

When I was doing the problem incorrectly my answer was

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When I was doing the question correct, the answer was

 

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Week 2 – Math 10

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This question stumped me because I did not know what to do with the exponent when turning an entire radical into a mixed radical.

After asking my friend, I figured the question out. The number in the prime factorization that is put outside of the square root gets multiplied by the coefficient. in this case, 3 was multiplied by the coefficient 5.

Here is the correct answer

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Week 1 – Math 10

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This question stumped me because I forgot that Pythagorean Theorem was

a2 + b2 = c2

For some reason, I thought it was

a2 b2 = c2

Since that equation did not work when I tried to solve it, I looked back at the notes at saw what I was doing wrong.

In mixed radical form, the correct answer of the length of AB is 224