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Ratios of special triangles

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Given

Angles and side

Procedure

In a right angled triangle, the tangent of an angle is: The length of the side opposite the angle divided by the length of the adjacent side. The abbreviation is tan. tan(θ) = opposite / adjacent.


\begin{gathered} \tan 60=(x)/(1) \\ x=\tan 60 \\ x=\sqrt[]{3} \end{gathered}

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