How do you find the length of an angle?
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In any right angled triangle, for any angle:
- The sine of the angle = the length of the opposite side. the length of the hypotenuse.
- The cosine of the angle = the length of the adjacent side. the length of the hypotenuse.
- The tangent of the angle = the length of the opposite side. the length of the adjacent side.
Also know, how do you find the measure of an angle with side lengths?
Example
- Step 1 The two sides we know are Adjacent (6,750) and Hypotenuse (8,100).
- Step 2 SOHCAHTOA tells us we must use Cosine.
- Step 3 Calculate Adjacent / Hypotenuse = 6,750/8,100 = 0.8333.
- Step 4 Find the angle from your calculator using cos-1 of 0.8333:
Keeping this in consideration, how do you find the missing angle?
To determine to measure of the unknown angle, be sure to use the total sum of 180°. If two angles are given, add them together and then subtract from 180°. If two angles are the same and unknown, subtract the known angle from 180° and then divide by 2.
The height of an object is calculated by measuring the distance from the object and the angle of elevation of the top of the object. The tangent of the angle is the object height divided by the distance from the object. Thus, the height is found. This method is often used in real-world situations.