Trigonometry Examples

$(\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10}, \frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})$

Step 1

To find the $\cos (θ)$ between the x-axis and the line between the points $(0, 0)$ and $(\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10}, \frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})$ , draw the triangle between the three points $(0, 0)$ , $(\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10}, 0)$ , and $(\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10}, \frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})$ .

Opposite : $\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10}$

Adjacent : $\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10}$

Step 2

Find the hypotenuse using Pythagorean theorem $c = \sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2}}$ .

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Step 2.1

Apply the product rule to $\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10}$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{{\sqrt{10}}^{2}}{10^{2}} + {(\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})}^{2}}$

Step 2.2

Rewrite ${\sqrt{10}}^{2}$ as $10$ .

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Step 2.2.1

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{10}$ as $10^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{{(10^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}}{10^{2}} + {(\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})}^{2}}$

Step 2.2.2

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{10^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2}}{10^{2}} + {(\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})}^{2}}$

Step 2.2.3

Combine $\frac{1}{2}$ and $2$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{10^{\frac{2}{2}}}{10^{2}} + {(\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})}^{2}}$

Step 2.2.4

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Step 2.2.4.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\sqrt{\frac{10^{\frac{2}{2}}}{10^{2}} + {(\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})}^{2}}$

Step 2.2.4.2

Rewrite the expression.

$\sqrt{\frac{10^{1}}{10^{2}} + {(\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})}^{2}}$

Step 2.2.5

Evaluate the exponent.

$\sqrt{\frac{10}{10^{2}} + {(\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})}^{2}}$

Step 2.3

Raise $10$ to the power of $2$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{10}{100} + {(\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})}^{2}}$

Step 2.4

Cancel the common factor of $10$ and $100$ .

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Step 2.4.1

Factor $10$ out of $10$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{10 (1)}{100} + {(\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})}^{2}}$

Step 2.4.2

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 2.4.2.1

Factor $10$ out of $100$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{10 \cdot 1}{10 \cdot 10} + {(\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})}^{2}}$

Step 2.4.2.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\sqrt{\frac{10 \cdot 1}{10 \cdot 10} + {(\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})}^{2}}$

Step 2.4.2.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + {(\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})}^{2}}$

Step 2.5

Use the power rule ${(a b)}^{n} = a^{n} b^{n}$ to distribute the exponent.

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Step 2.5.1

Apply the product rule to $\frac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10}$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{{(3 \sqrt{10})}^{2}}{10^{2}}}$

Step 2.5.2

Apply the product rule to $3 \sqrt{10}$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{3^{2} {\sqrt{10}}^{2}}{10^{2}}}$

Step 2.6

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 2.6.1

Raise $3$ to the power of $2$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{9 {\sqrt{10}}^{2}}{10^{2}}}$

Step 2.6.2

Rewrite ${\sqrt{10}}^{2}$ as $10$ .

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Step 2.6.2.1

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{10}$ as $10^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{9 {(10^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}}{10^{2}}}$

Step 2.6.2.2

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{9 \cdot 10^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2}}{10^{2}}}$

Step 2.6.2.3

Combine $\frac{1}{2}$ and $2$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{9 \cdot 10^{\frac{2}{2}}}{10^{2}}}$

Step 2.6.2.4

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Step 2.6.2.4.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{9 \cdot 10^{\frac{2}{2}}}{10^{2}}}$

Step 2.6.2.4.2

Rewrite the expression.

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{9 \cdot 10^{1}}{10^{2}}}$

Step 2.6.2.5

Evaluate the exponent.

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{9 \cdot 10}{10^{2}}}$

Step 2.7

Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.

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Step 2.7.1

Raise $10$ to the power of $2$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{9 \cdot 10}{100}}$

Step 2.7.2

Multiply $9$ by $10$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{90}{100}}$

Step 2.7.3

Cancel the common factor of $90$ and $100$ .

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Step 2.7.3.1

Factor $10$ out of $90$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{10 (9)}{100}}$

Step 2.7.3.2

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 2.7.3.2.1

Factor $10$ out of $100$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{10 \cdot 9}{10 \cdot 10}}$

Step 2.7.3.2.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{10 \cdot 9}{10 \cdot 10}}$

Step 2.7.3.2.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\sqrt{\frac{1}{10} + \frac{9}{10}}$

Step 2.7.4

Simplify the expression.

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Step 2.7.4.1

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\sqrt{\frac{1 + 9}{10}}$

Step 2.7.4.2

Add $1$ and $9$ .

$\sqrt{\frac{10}{10}}$

Step 2.7.4.3

Divide $10$ by $10$ .

$\sqrt{1}$

Step 2.7.4.4

Any root of $1$ is $1$ .

$1$

Step 3

$\cos (θ) = \frac{Adjacent}{Hypotenuse}$ therefore $\cos (θ) = \frac{\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10}}{1}$ .

$\frac{\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10}}{1}$

Step 4

Divide $\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10}$ by $1$ .

$\cos (θ) = \frac{\sqrt{10}}{10}$

Step 5

Approximate the result.

$\cos (θ) = \frac{\sqrt{10}}{10} \approx 0.31622776$