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Which expression provides the measure of angle N?

tan (7/6)
tan (6/7)
tan -1(7/6)
tan -1(6/7)

Which expression provides the measure of angle N? tan (7/6) tan (6/7) tan -1(7/6) tan-example-1

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Hello from MrBillDoesMath!

Answer:

tan ^(-1) (6/7), the last expression in the list


Discussion:

In a right triangle,

tan(@) = side opposite angle\side adjacent to angle.

In our triangle, this becomes

tan(@) = LM \ MN = 6/7 =>


@ is the inverse tangent of (6/7)


Regards,

MrB

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