Trigonometry · Classes 9, 10, 11
Tangent Ratio
Right triangle definition when adjacent is nonzero.
FORMULA
\(\tan\theta=\frac{\text{opposite}}{\text{adjacent}}\)
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Worked example
Opposite 3, adjacent 4 ⇒ tan θ=0.75
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Right triangle definition when adjacent is nonzero.
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