Once you’ve got b and c, you can determine a by the Pythagorean theorem.ġ91. Next use the Pythagorean theorem to find b knowing a and c.Ĥ4. Since sin A = a/c, therefore a = c sin A. At what angle does the ladder slope, and what is the distance of its foot from the wall?Ģ8. The top of a ladder 50 feet long rests against a building 43 feet from the ground. If the height of a gable end of a roof is 22.5 feet and the rafters are 30 feet 8 inches long, at what angle do the rafters slope, and how wide is the gable end at the base?ġ94. Find a, the side opposite A, and find b, the remaining side.Ĥ4. In a right triangle the hypotenuse c = 15 inches, and the sine of one angle A, is sin A = 2/5. For triangle ABC, cos A is just sin B.Įxercises 28. Thus, the name “cosine” (“co” being the first two letters of “complement”). Cosines are just sines of the complementary angle. With this notation, sin A = a/c, and sin B = b/c. We’ll generally use the letter a to denote the side opposite angle A, the letter b to denote the side opposite angle B, and the letter c to denote the side opposite angle C, that is, the hypotenuse. Consider a similar right triangle AB'C' with a hypotenuse of arbitrary length.(If your web browser is Java-enabled, you can drag the points B' to change the size of the right triangle AB'C'.)Ĭonsider a right triangle ABC with a right angle at C. In the figure above the triangle ABC is a right triangle with a right angle at angle C and a hypotenuse of length 1. We can use properties of similar triangles to relate sines to right triangles. This word history for sine is interesting because it follows the path of trigonometry from India, through the Arabic language from Baghdad through Spain, into western Europe in the Latin language, and then to modern languages such as English and the rest of the world. In English, sinus was imported as “sine.” Later, Latin translators selected the word sinus to translate jb thinking that the word was an arabic word jaib, which meant breast, and sinus had breast and bay as two of its meanings. This was brought into Arabic as jiba, and written in Arabic simply with two consonants jb, vowels not being written. The Sanskrit word for chord-half was jya-ardha, which was sometimes shortened to jiva. (Whoops, that’s a slip! I meant to write “ not all that difficult to understand.”) The point of this is just to show that sines are all that difficult to understand. Therefore, as stated before, the sine of an angle is half the chord of twice the angle.
Thus, the sine BC of angle BAD is half the chord BE of angle BAE, while the angle BAE is twice the angle BAD. You can double the angle BAD to get the angle BAE, and the chord of angle BAE is BE. Then the sine of angle BAD is defined to be the length of the line BC, and it is written sin BAD. Let the point C be the foot of the perpendicular dropped from B to the line AD. To advertise, take a look at WoodenBoat Advertising, or use your Google Adwords account if you want to advertise on the Forum.Consider the angle BAD in this figure, and assume that AB is of unit length. Selling/self promotion postings are verboten on the Forum. No need to register unless you would like to participate, although some images will only show if you are registered/logged-in.īefore you can post: click the red register link or the register tab, above, right. You'll find answers to the frequently asked questions as well as basic rules. To get WoodenBoat delivered to your door or computer, mobile device of choice, etc, click WB Subscriptions.Ĭheck out the FAQ.
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