the starght line with equation y=3/4x makes an acute angle a with x-axis.
(a) write down the vatue of tan a
(b) find the value of sin 2a and cos 2a
(a) Since the line is "rise 3 run 4" the slope, and the tangent, is 3/4 or 0.7500.
(b) We recognize a 3-4-5 triangle, and angle a is tan–1 (0.7500) = 36.87o
so we look up 73.74o in the trig tables and find sin(2a) = 0.9600
and cos(2a) = 0.2800
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