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Hey everyone.

 

I was doing a problem ( 12 sin45 = 8.485281374244 )

This is fine, but I was told the right answer was  6*sqrt2 , which does equal the same number.

How do you change the first answer to be like the second? Its too long of an number to even know where to start!

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 Mar 15, 2016
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sin(45°) can be written as 1/sqrt(2), which, in turn, is the same as  sqrt(2)/2, so 12*sin(45°) is 12*sqrt(2)/6 or 6*sqrt(2).

 Mar 15, 2016
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thanks for the reply.

 

So if  sin(45°)  is  sqrt(2)/2

How is  12*sin(45°)  =  12*sqrt(2)/6

Should it not be  12*sqrt(2)/2 ?

Cyberdyne_Systems  Mar 15, 2016

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