document.write( "Question 918222: Could you please help me solve this problem. Can you also show the steps, thank you.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #556979 by Edwin McCravy(20060)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "\"Tan%28Cos%5E%28-1%29expr%28%281%2Fsqrt%2817%29%29%5E%22%22%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since \"1%2Fsqrt%2817%29\" is positive, its inverse cosine is a positive\r\n" );
document.write( "angle between 0 and \"pi%2F2\" in radians or between 0° and 90°, in degrees.\r\n" );
document.write( "Therefore the tangent will be positive.\r\n" );
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document.write( "let \"theta=Cos%5E%28-1%29expr%28%281%2Fsqrt%2817%29%29%5E%22%22%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the problem becomes to find \"Tan%28theta%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Take the cosine of both sides of \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"theta=Cos%5E%28-1%29expr%28%281%2Fsqrt%2817%29%29%5E%22%22%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"cos%28theta%29=1%2Fsqrt%2817%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"cos%5E2%28theta%29%2Bsin%5E2%28theta%29=1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sin%5E2%28theta%29=1-cos%5E2%28theta%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sin%5E2%28theta%29=1-%281%2Fsqrt%2817%29%29%5E2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sin%5E2%28theta%29=1-1%2F17\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sin%5E2%28theta%29=17%2F17-1%2F17\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sin%5E2%28theta%29=16%2F17\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sin%28theta%29=%22%22+%2B-+sqrt%2816%2F17%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sin%28theta%29=+%22%22+%2B-+4%2Fsqrt%2817%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Tan%28theta%29=sin%28theta%29%2Fcos%28theta%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Tan%28theta%29=%28%22%22+%2B-+4%2Fsqrt%2817%29%29%2F%281%2Fsqrt%2817%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since we know that the answer is positive we can ignore the ±.\r\n" );
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