Quandaries
and Queries
Question:
I was looking at an example of csc 45 deg where
csc = hyp / opp = 1 / (sqrt(2) / 2) = 2 / sqrt(2) = sqrt(2)
I just don't get this. If sqrt(2) = 1.4142145..... How can 2 / sqrt(2) = sqrt(2) as the example shows?
Make sense?
Mike
Hi Mike,
The square root of 2 is the positive number whose square is 2, tht is it that satisifies
sqrt(2) = 2 sqrt(2)/sqrt(2)
= sqrt(2)