Argel is standing 15 m away from Orlan on the same side of Quirino Highway. Jess is standing on the other side of the same highway directly perpendicular to Argel. How wide is Quirino Highway if Orlan's position is 30° between Argel and Jess?
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.
Argel is standing 15 meters away from Orlan on the same side of Quirino Highway. Jess is standing on the other side of the same highway directly perpendicular to Argel. How wide is Quirino Highway if Orlan's position is 30° between Argel and Jess?
![Argel is standing 15 m away from Orlan on the same side of Quirino Highway. Jess
is standing on the other side of the same highway directly perpendicular to Argel.
How wide is Quirino Highway if Orlan's position is 30° between Argel and Jess?
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![0. Argel is standing 15 m away from Orlan on the same side of Quirino Highway. Jess
is standing on the other side of the same highway directly perpendicular to Argel.
How wide is Quirino Highway if Orlan's position is 30° between Argel and Jess?
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