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About Scotto
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Calculus - maths+trigonometry


Expert: Scotto - 7/3/2008

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QUESTION: prove that:
sin^2(x) + cos^2(x) = 100

ANSWER: Take a triangle with b as the near side, a as the far side, and c as the hypoteneuse.  It is known that aē + bē = cē for all right triangles.  If we take these measurements and divide by c, instead of a, b, and c we get a/c, b/c, and 1.  Note that a/c is the sin(x) and b/c is the cos(x).  What we then get is sinē(x) + cosē(x) = 1.

I don't know where the 100 came from unless it is suppose to be 1.00.

---------- FOLLOW-UP ----------

QUESTION: Please understand my Question
At what value for (X) does it satisfies
Sin^2(x)+cos^2(x)=100

Answer
The 100 is actually in the question that was asked by you.

This is what was in the question: 'Sin^2(x)+cos^2(x)=100'  Written like this, there are no solutions since the largest sinē(x) and cosē(x) can be is really 1 for any x.

Assuming you really meant 1 so that the equation is sinē(x)+cosē(x)=1.
Again, this is true for all x.  That is one of the trig identities is that sinē(x)+cosē(x)=1 for all x.

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