Given the diagram below, what is sin (30°) ?

Answer:
A. 1/2.
Step-by-step explanation:
The ratio of the sides of a 30-60-90 triangle is 2:1:√3 where 2 is the hypotenuse. 1 is the shortest leg and √3 is the longest leg.
In the diagram we see that the longest leg is opposite the 60 degree angle.
So the longest leg is 3.5√x and the shortest leg ( from applying the ratios) = 3.5√x / √3.
and the hypotenuse is 2 * 3.5√x / √3 (using the ratios again).
So sin 30 = shortest leg / hypotenuse = 3.5√x / √3 / 2 * 3.5√x / √3
= 1/2.