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If cos X = $\dfrac{a}{b}$, then sin X is equal to:

$\dfrac{(b^{2}-a^{2})}{b}$
$\dfrac{(b-a)}{b}$
$\dfrac{\sqrt{(b^{2}-a^{2})}}{b}$
$\dfrac{\sqrt{(b-a)}}{b}$
Explanation:

cos X = $\dfrac{a}{b}$

By trigonometry identities, we know that:

$sin^{2}X + cos^{2}X$ = 1

$sin^{2}X$ = $1 – cos^{2}X$ = $1-(a/b)^{2}$

sin X = $\dfrac{\sqrt{(b^{2}-a^{2})}}{b}$

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