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If sin=3/5 then what does tan equal

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Answer:

Not sure if this is correct but maybe it is 34?

User Jan Christiansen
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Answer:
tan(x)=\±(3)/(4)

Explanation:

You know that
sin(x)=(3)/(5) and you can identify that. Then:


sin^2(x)=((3)/(5))^2


sin^2(x)=(9)/(25)

Remember that:


cos^2(x)=1-sin^2(x)

Then
cos^2(x) is:


cos^2(x)=1-(9)/(25)\\\\cos^2(x)=(16)/(25)

Apply square root to both sides to find cos(x):


√(cos^2(x))=\±\sqrt{(16)/(25)}\\cos(x)=\±(4)/(5)

Remember that:


tan(x)=(sin(x))/(cos(x))

Then, this is:


tan(x)=((3)/(5))/(\±(4)/(5))


tan(x)=\±(3)/(4)

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