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Find the links of the sides of these special triangles

Find the links of the sides of these special triangles-example-1
User Swati Garg
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From the triangle, we express the tangent of 60° as:


\tan 60\degree=(Z)/(7)

But tan(60°) = √(3), then:


\begin{gathered} (Z)/(7)=\sqrt[]{3} \\ \Rightarrow Z=7\sqrt[]{3}\text{ ft} \end{gathered}

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