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What does tan equal in trigonometry?
Tan = o/a Tangent of an angle = opposite over adjacent. Here are the other Trig. functions. SINe(angle) = opposite/hypotenuse COSine(angle) = adjacent/hypotenuse COTangent(angle) = adjacent/opposite Cosecant(CSC)(angle) = hypotenuse/oppositre SECant(angle) = hypotenuse/ adjcent.
How do you figure the base of a triangle when you know the dimension of the other two sides?
If it is a right triangle, you can use the Pythagorean Theorem. If you know the angle measures, you can use cosine/sine/tangent.
How do you know when to use tangent cosine or sine?
It depends on what information you already have. For example, if you know the length of two sides of a triangle, you can easily find the tangent. Or, if you know the length of two angles and a side, you can find the other sides as well, using the tangent, cosine, and sine as needed.
I have a right angled triangle which i know all the angles of. I have the length of one side which is adjacent to the right angle. How can I work out the length of the hypotenuse and the other side?
Use tangent to find the other leg, and the sine or cosine to find the hypotenuse.
What does the trigonometric table do?
trigonometric table gives the values of all the trigonometric functions for any angle. i.e; it gives the numerical values of sine, cosine, tangent etc for any angle between 0 to 180 degrees the values for other angles can be calculated using these.
