How do you get tan 60?

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How do you get tan 60?

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Answer 1 · 2015-10-19T11:16:50

$tan (60^{\circ}) = \sqrt{3}$ $tan(60^@) = sqrt(3)$

Explanation:

Consider the equilateral triangle below:
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with sides of length $2$ $2$ by bisecting the upper angle we get a right-angled triangle with sides $(1, \sqrt{3}, 2)$ $(1, sqrt(3), 2)$ (the length $\sqrt{3}$ $sqrt(3)$ is calculated using the Pythagorean Theorem)

By definition $tan = \frac{length of opposite side}{length of adjacent side}$ $tan = ("length of opposite side")/("length of adjacent side")$

In this case
$XXX tan (60^{\circ}) = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{1}$ $color(white)("XXX")tan(60^@) = sqrt(3)/1$

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