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"SOHCAHTOA" is a helpful mnemonic for remembering the definitions of the trigonometric functions

sine,

cosine, and

tangent.


Sine = Opposite over Hypotenuse
Cosine = Adjacent over Hypotenuse
Tangent = Opposite over Adjacent


Other mnemonics include:


1. "Tommy On A Ship Of His Caught A Herring" (probably more common in Great Britain than the United States).

2. "Oscar Has A Hold On Angie."

3. "Oscar Had A Heap of Apples."

4. "The Old Army Colonel And His Son Often Hiccup" (which gives the functions in the order tangent, cosine, sine).

5. "Studying Our Homework Can Always Help To Obtain Achievement."

6. "Some Old Hippy Caught Another Hippy Tripping On Acid."


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


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


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SOHCAHTOA:SOH: Sin= Opposite over HypotenuseCAH: Cos=Adjacent over HypotenuseTOA: Tan=Opposite over Adjacenthttp://rml3.com/a20p/images/trig_sin_cos_tan.gif