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ACT Math: Trigonometry Drill 5, Problem 5. What is the length of side z?
- Trigonometry / Solving right triangles
- Trigonometry / SOHCAHTOA (values and properties of trig functions)
- Product Type / ACT Math
- Foreign Language / Arabic Subtitled
- Foreign Language / Korean Subtitled
- Foreign Language / Chinese Subtitled
- Foreign Language / Spanish Subtitled
- Trigonometry / Trigonometric relations in right triangles
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Time for your daily dose of shmoop. This won't hurt a bit.
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tan(B) = 5/12. What is the length of side z?
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Choose from these options...
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How do we find this length with the information given? Well... remember our triangle trig ratios?
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Tangent of an angle is the length of the opposite side of the angle over the adjacent side of
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the angle. Okay... Pythagorean Theorem time.
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Five squared plus twelve squared equals z squared.
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25 plus 144 equals z squared.
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169 equals z squared.
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Taking the square root of both sides, we get that 13 equals z, which means B is the correct
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answer. Oh, and one last thing.
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5, 12, 13 is a common right triangle that you should memorize for the test. Don't let
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it ambush you on test day.
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