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How Do You Find the Tangent of an Angle in a Right Triangle? Instructional VideoHow Do You Find the Tangent of an Angle in a Right Triangle? Instructional Video
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How Do You Find the Tangent of an Angle in a Right Triangle?

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What's a trigonometric ratio? It is a ratio between two sides of a right triangle. In this problem, find tangent(A) in the given right triangle. Use the ratio of the opposite side divided by the adjacent side to find tan(A). The instructor draws a diagram and labels all the sides and angles. She then explains how to apply the formula to find tan(A).

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legs, hypotenuse, right angles, right triangles, triangles, tangent, trigonometric ratios, Trigonometry

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right triangle, right angle, tangent, adjacent side, opposite side, hypotenuse, trigonometric ratio, legs, math
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Grade
6th - 11th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
3:13
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