SOLUTION: find the exact value of tan theta if cos theta= 3/5 and theta is in the fourth quadrant

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Question 969789: find the exact value of tan theta if cos theta= 3/5 and theta is in the fourth quadrant
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find the exact value of tan theta if cos theta= 3/5 and theta is in the fourth quadrant
you are working with a (3-4-5) reference right triangle in quadrant IV where sin<0, cos>0.
cos theta= 3/5
sin theta= -4/5
tan theta=sin theta/cos theta=-4/3