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4805885 No.4805885[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

This is driving me nuts /sci/, why
<span class="math">\sin \alpha = \frac{5}{13}[/spoiler]

>> No.4805888
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4805888

>>4805885
wut?

a/b = x/y
DOES NOT IMPLY x=a, and b=y

Did you not learn fractions? WTF?

>> No.4805892

i dunno what's weird about it?

>> No.4805898

>>4805888
Holy fuck what was I thinking.

Anyway. How /would/ I get <span class="math">\sin \alpha = \frac{5}{13}[/spoiler]?

>> No.4805899

>>4805898
Draw a triangle. Use SOHCAHTOA

>> No.4805907

this is so painfully basic I question whether or not you're retarded...

do this >>4805899

>> No.4805909

>>4805907
>whether or not you're retarded...
I'm beginning to have doubts myself.

>>4805899
Thanks, I don't know why I didn't see this

>> No.4805913

Haha, oh man.

>> No.4805912

>>4805898
draw right triangle with base 12 and vertical 5

us pythagoras' theorem to obtain hypotenuse 13

use definition of sci as opp/hyp