What I learned this week- Trig

This week in trigonometry I learned how to find the angle in a triangle with only having two side lengths.

If this is your triangle:

First you would have to label it using Hypotenuse, opposite, and adjacent.

-Hypotenuse goes across for the right angle

-Opposite goes across from the angle your trying to find

-Adjacent goes wherever opposite doesn’t go

Then you have to use SOH CAH TOA to find the angle

In this case I would use cosine because the triangle has the side lengths adjacent and hypotenuse.

You would type this into your calculator

The answer is 62 degrees

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