grade 10 · GEOM-010

Find a side with trigonometry

Choose the ratio that connects the known side to the requested side.

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For acute angle \(\theta\), \(\tan\theta=5/12\). If the adjacent leg is \(24\), what is the opposite leg?

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Work through one checkpoint at a time. Your answer area opens after the reasoning.

Checkpoint 1

Tangent compares opposite with adjacent.
Checkpoint 2

Find the multiplier from the adjacent value in the ratio to the actual adjacent length.
Checkpoint 3

Apply that multiplier to the opposite value in the ratio.

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