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Tangent for Edexcel GCSE Maths







This page covers the following topics:
1. Tangent
2. Values and applications
3. Right-angled triangles
Tangent of an angle is a ratio between the side opposite to the angle and the side adjacent to the angle.

Tangent is one of three trigonometric functions of an angle.
tan(x) is found by calculating the ratio of two sides of a right-angled triangle, the opposite and the adjacent.
1
Use your calculator to find the value of tan(0).
0
2
Find tanB if a = 0.2 and b = 0.5.
2.5
3
What is the value of tan(30º)?
√3/3
4
Find the value of x in the triangle shown.
51.7º

5
If x is an angle in a triangle with opposite = 3 and adjacent = 6, what is the value of tan x?
1/2
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