SOLUTION: How do you solve tan 30 degrees?

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Question 520589: How do you solve tan 30 degrees?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How do you solve tan 30 degrees?
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Draw a 30-60 degree right triangle.
Let side opposite the 30 degree
angle be "1"
Then the hypotenuse is 2
Then the base side is sqrt(2^2-1^2) = sqrt(3)
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So tan(30) = opposite/adjacent = 1/sqrt(3)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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