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What is the answer to this?: cos43=15/b

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 Apr 17, 2014

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What is the answer to this?: cos43=15/b

Well...let's just "solve" for b. Multiply both sides by b and divide both sides by cos43. This gives us

b = 15 / cos(43).

Technically, the "43" represents 43 "radians," but I have a feeling that we're dealing with degrees, so I'm gonna' stick a little degree symbol on it !! (My former trig teacher used to become "unglued" if someone didn't specify "degrees!!!!") So we have...

b = 15 / cos(43°)  ≈ 20.5

 

And there's "b"        

 Apr 17, 2014
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Best Answer

What is the answer to this?: cos43=15/b

Well...let's just "solve" for b. Multiply both sides by b and divide both sides by cos43. This gives us

b = 15 / cos(43).

Technically, the "43" represents 43 "radians," but I have a feeling that we're dealing with degrees, so I'm gonna' stick a little degree symbol on it !! (My former trig teacher used to become "unglued" if someone didn't specify "degrees!!!!") So we have...

b = 15 / cos(43°)  ≈ 20.5

 

And there's "b"        

CPhill Apr 17, 2014

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