Values of the trigonometric ratios

For triangle ABC:

Detailed description

\begin{align}\text{sin} \ \theta &= \dfrac{5}{13}\\ \text{cos} \ \theta &= \dfrac{12}{13}\\ \text{tan} \ \theta &= \dfrac{5}{12}\end{align}

Using a calculator

Given any angle \(\theta\), the values of sin \(\theta\), cos \(\theta\) and tan \(\theta\) can be found using a calculator:

Because the hypotenuse is the longest side of the triangle, the sine and cosine ratios are always less than 1.

0 < sin \(\theta\) < 1 and 0 < cos \(\theta\) < 1