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Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved. Definition Trigonometry comes from the Greek words trigon meaning triangle and metria meaning measurement 10.1 Tangent Ratios
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved Tangent Ratios 1.Draw a 40° angle using a protractor measure the two legs What is the ratio of the perpendicular legs?
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved Tangent Ratios For a given acute angle A with a measure of , the tangent of A, or tan , is the ratio of the length of the leg opposite A to the length of the leg adjacent to A in any right triangle, or Conclusion: opposite adjacent tan =.
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved Tangent Ratios 2. Find tan in this triangle. 2.9 cm 3.8 cm
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved Tangent Ratios 3. Find measure of in this triangle. 8 cm 11 cm
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved Tangent Ratios 4. Find tan 42° 5. tan α =
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved Tangent Ratios 6. Find tan β = Find an angle whose tangent is 5/7
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved Tangent Ratios 8. Solve for x 32° 12 x
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved Tangent Ratios 9. Find the measure of each angle
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