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It depends on what information you already have. For example, if you know the length of two sides of a triangle, you can easily find the tangent. Or, if you know the length of two angles and a side, you can find the other sides as well, using the tangent, cosine, and sine as needed.
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Do you need a right traingle to use sine cosine and tangent?
Yes, sine, cosine, tangent definitions are based on right triangles
How do you know when to use sine over cosine or cosine over sine?
You can choose either or but tangent which is sin/cos seems to be the most common way.
What jobs use sine cosine and tangent?
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How do you figure the base of a triangle when you know the dimension of the other two sides?
If it is a right triangle, you can use the Pythagorean Theorem. If you know the angle measures, you can use cosine/sine/tangent.
How do you work out the angles in a triangle with only 3 sides and no angles?
use the inverse sine or cosine or tangent
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