Using your trig table, solve for x in the following triangles: Check using calculator: 4.3cm 5.6cm Check using calculator: Side note: We already talked about the name of tangent. The word the Ancient Greeks used for sine meant chord, because sine is equal to half of the chord, but when it was translated from Greek to Arabic to Latin, there was a mis-translation that led to the word sinus in Latin, which means “inlet” being used, rather than the word that means chord.
Using your trig table, solve for x in the following triangles: Check using calculator: 4.3cm 5.6cm Check using calculator: Side note: We already talked about the name of tangent. The word the Ancient Greeks used for sine meant chord, because sine is equal to half of the chord, but when it was translated from Greek to Arabic to Latin, there was a mis-translation that led to the word sinus in Latin, which means “inlet” being used, rather than the word that means chord.
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