If the tan of angle x is 22 over 5 and the triangle was dilated to be two times as big as the original, what would be the value of the tan of x for the dilated triangle? Hint: Use the slash symbol ( / ) to represent the fraction bar, and enter the fraction with no spaces.

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lilcathyx · Answer

Tan = opposite/ adjacent..im kind of lost in this question

lilcathyx · Answer

|dw:1410987170694:dw| Is this what i have to do ?

lilcathyx · Answer

and then dialate it ? .... 22 will now be 44 & 5 will be 10 and be 44/10  the answer ? @johnweldon1993 help please ?

johnweldon1993 · Answer

That is correct

But we should be sure to draw a right triangle, because sin, cos, and tan ONLY work with right triangles

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so yes, when we make everything twice as big we have

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So yes 44/10 is correct