Elementary Technical Mathematics
Elementary Technical Mathematics
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781337630580
Author: Dale Ewen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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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.
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Find angle A in the retaining wall in Illustration 3.

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