The definition, in terms of the sides of a right angled triangle, is very restrictive since it defines tangent only for angles in the interval (0, pi/2) radians = (0, 90) degrees. However, the function is actually defined for all numbers.
So, the tangent of an angle is best defined by the ratio of the sine and cosine of the angle for any angle other than an odd multiple of pi/2.
If the angle is x radians, then
sin(x) = x - x^3/3! + x^5/5! - x^7/7! + ...
cos(x) = 1 - x^2/2! + x^4/4! - x^6/6! + ...
and then
tan(x) = sin(x)/cos(x).
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31 degrees
236-124/2=56 degrees
By using the tangent ratio of: opposite/tangent angle = adjacent which is the base
Although you haven't expressed it too clearly in your question, I think what you may belooking for is the angle whose tangent is 4,900, and the angle whose tangent is 19,600 .The problem is that the tangent of 89 degrees is about 57.3, and every numberfrom 57.3 all the way up to 'infinity' is the tangent of an angle somewhere in thatlast degree, between 89 and 90 . . . They really bunch up in there !4,900 is the tangent of 89.9883 degrees. (rounded)19,600 is the tangent of 89.9971 degrees. (rounded)
its the tangent of the angle the slope makes with the x-axis