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To calculate the cosine in a right angled triangle:
Length of adjacent side divided by the hypotenuse.
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What is the formula for calculating the central angle given chord length and radius?
You can use the cosine rule to calculate the central angle.
How do you find an angle in quadrangle without a protractor?
Measure the two sides adjacent to the angle and the diagonal at the far ends of these sides. Then use the cosine rule to calculate the angle.
What is the cosine function about?
The cosine function is mathematical equation to determine the adjacent angle of a triangle. The cosine of an angle is the ratio of the length of the hypotenuse: so called because it is the sine of the co-angle.
How is cosine defined?
In a right triangle, the cosine of an angle is defined as the ratio of the adjacent side of that angle to the hypotenuse.
How do you find the angle of a cosine?
You mean, you have the cosine, and want the angle? That is called arc-cosine, often written as cos-1x. Your scientific calculator should have a "shift" key or something similar, which you press, followed by the cosine key. That will give you the inverse cosine or arc-cosine.
