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The tangent of an angle is 3.4. What is the measure of the angle to the nearest tenth? 52.9° 73.6° 99.8° 68.2°
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The tangent of an angle is 3.4. What is the measure of the angle to the nearest tenth? 52.9° 73.6° 99.8° 68.2°

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arctan(3.4) ≈ 73.6°. You can view the 3.4 as the slope of a line. Then it is clear the the 52.9 and 99.8 can't be right. If you have to do this without a calculator, it can be quite tricky...
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