WHY IS SIN (ANGLE) = OPPOSITE SIDE/ HYPOTENUSE.
Example 1
|~~|| Imagine a stick kept between a bulb and a wall.
|~~|| Now the shadow that falls of the stick upon the wall is like the front view of the wall. Now lets say the stick is inclined at 30 degree, only a small shadow of the stick falls upon the wall.
|~~|| In other words, the wall presents the opposite side view of the slanting stick and thus gives us a measure of how much the length of the stick appears to be reduced due to the inclination.
The Side-view of the stick
|~~|| Now if you look at the stick from the side, you are obviously going to see the actual length of the stick, aren’t you.
|~~|| No matter how much the stick is inclined, does it change the side-view?
OPPOSITE SIDE/ HYPOTENUSE = FRONT VIEW/ SIDE-VIEW.
|~~|| Seeing this way can help you understand why the formula.
|~~|| The front-view is always influenced by the inclination of the object. So apparently when an object tilts, its front view reduces.
|~~|| The side-view is the actual length of the stick. The side-view is completely unaffected by the slope of the stick.
Thus the formula can be written as
APPARENT LENGTH OF THE STICK AS SEEN FROM FRONT / ACTUAL LENGTH OF THE STICK.
In other words,
Sin = opposite side/ hypotenuse = front view/ side view
Example 1
Just imagine a ladder kept at a slant (inclined).
Now lets visualize the front view and the side view of this ladder.
Now just compare this to our favourite triangle
<-comparing->
COS
Just as sin = opposite side/ hypotenuse.
Cos = adjacent side/ hypotenuse.
<-comparing->
DETAILED ANALYSIS (NOT A MUST READ).
What is the detailed significance of this formula?
|||| The influence of everything gets divided into two branches, when the force gets inclined at an angle. The two branches are
1] The horizontal component (or Cos (0)).
2] The vertical component (or Sin(0)).
|||| There are other names also for sin and cos, some are as
1] Vertical and horizontal projection
2] Perpendicular and parallel components…..and so on
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THIS FORMULA.
Example 1
1] Imagine a wall,
|||| Now imagine that the wall is somehow slowly made to incline at 30 degrees. Now if one is standing exactly in front of the wall, his view has to be calculated as,
|||| Now imagine that the wall is somehow slowly made to incline at 30 degrees. Now if one is standing exactly in front of the wall, his view has to be calculated as,
|||| Sin(30) = opposite side/hypotenuse = opposite side / actual length
|||| Therfore 1/2 = opposite side view/ actual length
|||| Rearranging, opposite side view = 1/2 actual length .
|||| Thus at 30 inclination, if you stare at any object from the front, you get to see only half of the object.
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