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Solution 4.2:5b

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If we draw the angle
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<math>\text{225}^{\circ }\text{ }=\text{ 18}0^{\circ }\text{ }+\text{ 45}^{\circ }</math>
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on a unit circle, we see that it makes an angle of
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<math>\text{45}^{\circ }</math>
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with the negative
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<math>x</math>
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-axis.
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This means that
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<math>\text{tan 225}^{\circ }</math>, which is the gradient of the line that makes an angle of
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<math>\text{45}^{\circ }</math>
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with the positive
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<math>x</math>
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-axis, equals
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<math>\text{tan 225}^{\circ }</math>, because the line which makes an angle of
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<math>\text{45}^{\circ }</math>
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has the same slope:
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<math>\tan 225^{\circ }\text{ }=\tan \text{45}^{\circ }=\frac{\sin \text{45}^{\circ }}{\cos \text{45}^{\circ }}=\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}}=1</math>
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Revision as of 08:04, 29 September 2008

If we draw the angle 225 = 180 + 45 on a unit circle, we see that it makes an angle of 45 with the negative x -axis.

This means that tan 225, which is the gradient of the line that makes an angle of 45 with the positive x -axis, equals tan 225, because the line which makes an angle of 45 has the same slope:


tan225 =tan45=sin45cos45=1212=1


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