The solutions are:
sin(a) = 24/25
tan(a) = 24/7
For a given point (x, y) and an angle "a" measured counterclockwise from the positive x-axis to a ray that connects the origin with our point, we can think on the situation as a triangle rectangle.
Where the ray is the hypotenuse, the x-component is the adjacent cathetus, and the y-component is the opposite cathetus.
So we have:
x = adjacent cathetus
y = opposite cathetus
h = hypotenuse = √(x^2 + y^2)
Then the trigonometric relations become:
cos(a) = x/√(x^2 + y^2)
sin(a) = y/√(x^2 + y^2)
tan(a) = y/x
Now, we know that we have:
cos(a) = 7/25
then we can see that:
x = 7
and
h = 25 = √(7^2 + y^2)
We can solve the above equation for y:
25 = √(7^2 + y^2)
25 = √(49 + y^2)
25^2 = 49 + y^2
625 - 49 = y^2
√576 = y = 24
Then we have:
x = 7
y = 24
h = 25
Now we can return to our known trigonometric relations and get:
sin(a) = y/√(x^2 + y^2) = 24/25
tan(a) = y/x = 24/7
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