SOLUTION: Find the exact gradient of a line with angle of inclination 30 degrees. So what do I have to find?

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Question 1042696: Find the exact gradient of a line with angle of inclination 30 degrees.
So what do I have to find?

Answer by ikleyn(52915)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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tan(30°), which is exactly the slope value.


Which is the same as the ratio of the raise in "y" to the extent in "x": the ratio .

By the way, tan(30°) = in this case.


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