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Its a way of remembering the three trigonometrical ratios of a right angled triangle:

soh means: sine = opposite/hypotenuse

cah means: cosine = adjacent/hypotenuse

toa means: tangent = opposite/adjacent

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How To Use SohCahToa?

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In math what do the letters in sohcahtoa stand for?

A way of remembering how to compute the sine, cosine, and tangent of an angle. SOH stands for Sine equals Opposite over Hypotenuse. CAH stands for Cosine equals Adjacent over Hypotenuse. TOA stands for Tangent equals Opposite over Adjacent.


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The longest length would be the hypotenuse. You can use SOHCAHTOA to find the length.


What is sahcahtoa?

Sohcahtoa is an abbreviation (SOH) sine opposite hypotenuse (CAH) cosine adjacent hypotenuse (TOA) tangent opposite adjacent.


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It means for any right angle triangle:- sine = opposte/hypotenuse cosine = adjacent/hypotenuse tangent = opposite/adjacent


What is tan on a scientific calculator?

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How do you find an unknown angle of a triangle without having a length of one of the sides using sohcahtoa?

If you have the length of two of the sides and one other angle you can use the law of sines.