Answer to Question #156140 in Electric Circuits for Niks

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Question #156140

Where did the cos(a) value came from?

Expert's answer

By the definition, in the right triangle the "cos\\alpha" is the length of the adjacent side divided by the length of the hypotenuse:

"cos\\alpha=\\dfrac{Adjacent\\ side}{Hypotenuse}."

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