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The point (3, -4) is on the terminal side of an angle theta. What is cos theta?

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11beehshahbaz 11beehshahbaz
  • 18-05-2018
The point (3, -4) lies in the quadrant 4. 

The length of the vector will be = [tex] \sqrt{(3)^{2} +(4)^{2} } =5[/tex]

cos theta can be found by dividing the horizontal component of the vector (which is 3) with the length of the vector.

So,

[tex]cos(theta)= \frac{3}{5} [/tex]
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