A tangent is a straight line that touches the circumference of a circle at a given point
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Yes a tangent is a straight line thattouches a curve at only one point But there is a tangent ratio used in trigonometry
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The answer depends on the precise nature of the problem.
You can explain it either using Sin or Cosine, or you could always just say tangent= opposite/ adjacent