105. Police Patrol A police car with its spotlight on is parked 20 meters from a warehouse. Consider 0 and x as shown in the figure. 20 m Not drawn to scale (a) Write 0 as a function of x. (b) Find 0 when x = 5 meters and x = 12 meters.
Ratios
A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
Trigonometric Ratios
Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
altitude of 6 miles toward a point directly over an
observer. Consider θ and x as shown in the figure.
6 mi
Not drawn to scale
θ
x
(a) Write θ as a
(b) Find θ when x = 12 miles and x = 7 miles.
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