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Can anyone help me with this problem?-example-1
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\tan\Theta=(|BC|)/(|CA|)

Use Pythagorean theorem:

|AB|^2=|BC|^2+|CA|^2\\\\9^2=6^2+|CA|^2\\\\81=36+|CA|^2\ \ \ \ |-36\\\\|CA|^2=45\to|CA|=√(45)\\\\|CA|=√(9\cdot5)\\\\|CA|=\sqrt9\cdot\sqrt5\\\\|CA|=3\sqrt5

\tan\Theta=(6)/(3\sqrt5)=(2)/(\sqrt5)\cdot(\sqrt5)/(\sqrt5)=(2\sqrt5)/(5)

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