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July 21st, 2010 12:36 PM
Category : College / University - Apprenticeships
brains14

find the value of x.round your answeryo the nearest tenth.

tan=3/5

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joeboy
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Hey brains14,

Welcome to PlentyofTutors!

I think you meant the equation to be tan x = 3/5

In that case you just punch in your calculator (shift) tan (3/5) =      (this is just inverse tan)

You should get 30.9637.....

So that is one answer, but there is also another answer.

tan is positive in quadrants 1 and 3.  (3/5 is positive, so tan is positive in this case)

See the attached word doc to explain other answer

Have a good one!

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Solution

 x = 34.4 degrees

x = invtan(3/5)

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