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How Do You Find a Missing Side of a Right Triangle Using Cosine?
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The cosine ratio is not only used to identify a ratio between two sides of a right triangle, but it can also be used to find a missing side length. This tutorial shows you how to use the cosine ratio to find that missing measurement!
Background Tutorials
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Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines, or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size. Recognize right triangles as a category, and identify right triangles.
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What are Acute, Obtuse, and Right Triangles?
Did you know that there are different kinds of triangles? Knowing how to identify these triangles is an important part of solving many problems involving these triangles. Check out this tutorial and learn about some of the different kinds of triangles!
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Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities.
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What's a Ratio?
Ratios are everywhere! The scale on a map or blueprint is a ratio. Ingredients sometimes need to be mixed using ratios such as the ratio of water to cement mix when making cement. Watch this tutorial to learn about ratios. Then think of some ratios you've encountered before!
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Solve real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations of the form x + p = q and px = q for cases in which p, q and x are all nonnegative rational numbers.
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How Do You Solve an Equation Using Multiplication?
Solving an equation for a variable? Perform the order of operations in reverse! Check it out in this tutorial.
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Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to determine unknown side lengths in right triangles in real-world and mathematical problems in two and three dimensions.
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What are the Legs and Hypotenuse of a Right Triangle?
Looking for some terminology used with right triangles? Then this tutorial was made for you! In this tutorial, you'll be introduced to the names for the different parts of a right triangle. Check it out!
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Further Exploration
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Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles in applied problems.
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How Do You Find a Missing Side of a Right Triangle Using Sine?
The sine ratio is not only used to identify a ratio between two sides of a right triangle, but it can also be used to find a missing side length. This tutorial shows you how to use the sine ratio to find that missing measurement!
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How Do You Find a Missing Side of a Right Triangle Using Tangent?
The tangent ratio is not only used to identify a ratio between two sides of a right triangle, but it can also be used to find a missing side length. This tutorial shows you how to use the tangent ratio to find that missing measurement!
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