Question

16. What is tan A for the triangle shown?

Answer 1

a. 4/5
b.3/4
c.5/3
d.3/5

Answer 2

\[\tan A = \frac{opp}{adj}\]where opp is the length of the side opposite the angle A and adj is the the length of the side adjacent the angle.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

tangent = opposite over adjacent. Adjacent means the side right next to the angle, not including the hypotenuse.