If you go to Wells Fargo and apply for a home loan, for example, they will conduct a thorough examination of your credit and financial background. They do this to determine whether or not you're a good candidate for a loan. As a whole, this process is referred to as mortgage underwriting, and it has many steps.
Definition of cosine for English Language Learners. geometry : the ratio between the long side (called the hypotenuse) and the side that is next to an acute angle in a right triangle.
In general, the cosine of an obtuse angle is the negation of the cosine of its supplement. In this case that means the cosine of angle C, that is to say angle ACB, is the negation of the cosine of angle ACD. Thatâs why the minus sign appears in the last equation.