SOLUTION: If cot 17 equals 3.2709 find tan 73

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Question 993709: If cot 17 equals 3.2709 find tan 73
Found 3 solutions by Boreal, ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
cot 17=tan 73.
It is 3.2709.
They are reciprocals, just like sin 60= cos 30.
Answer by ikleyn(52879)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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tan(73°) = .

sin(73°) = cos(90°-73°) = cos(17°)     (reduction formula).

cos(73°) = sin(90°-73°) = sin(17°).       - - - " - - -

Therefore,  tan(73°) = = = cot(17°) = 3.2709.


Answer by MathTherapy(10556)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If cot 17 equals 3.2709 find tan 73
cot and tan are CO-FUNCTIONS, so  

Therefore,  _________

Thus,  

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