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How would I find the height of an isosceles triangle when given the base and opposite angle using tangent, cosine or sine?
 Jun 2, 2012

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sine, cosine, and tangent are for right triangles only. If the angle given was 90 degrees it would work, but sine cosine and tangent rely on the rule a^2 + b^2 = c^2 which only applies in right triangles.
 Jun 2, 2012

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