A room is 12m long, 9m wide and 8m high. Find the cosine of the angle which a diagonal of the room makes with the floor of the room
A. \(\frac{15}{17}\)
B. \(\frac{8}{17}\)
C. \(\frac{8}{15}\)
D. \(\frac{12}{17}\)
Correct Answer: A
Explanation
ABCD is the floor. By pathagoras \(^2\) = 144 + 81 = \(\sqrt{225}\) = 15cm
Height of room 8m, diagonal of floor is 15m
Therefore, the cosine of the angle which a diagonal of the room makes with the floor is
\(^2\) = 15\(^2\) + 8\(^2\) cosine
\(\frac{adj}{Hyp} = \frac{15}{17}\)
\(^2\) = \(\sqrt{225 + 64}\)
= \(\sqrt{289}\)
= 17
