I need help with my pre-calculus homework, please show me how to solve them step by step if possible. The image of the problem is attached.


1) We need to make use of one Pythagorean Trig Identity so that we can find the cotangent of A.
[tex]\begin{gathered} \sin ^2(A)+\cos ^2(A)=1 \\ \sin ^2(A)+(\frac{5}{8})^2=1 \\ \sin ^2(A)=1-\frac{25}{64} \\ \sin (A)=\sqrt[]{\frac{64}{64}-\frac{25}{64}} \\ \sin (A)=\sqrt[]{\frac{39}{64}}=\frac{\sqrt[]{39}}{8} \end{gathered}[/tex]2) Now, we can have the cotangent since we know the sine, the cosine:
[tex]\cot (A)=\frac{\cos(A)}{\sin(A)}=\frac{\frac{5}{8}}{\frac{\sqrt[]{39}}{8}}=\frac{5}{8}\times\frac{8}{\sqrt[]{39}}=\frac{5}{\sqrt[]{39}}\cdot\frac{\sqrt[]{39}}{\sqrt[]{39}}=\frac{5\sqrt[]{39}}{39}[/tex]