Sins

Geometry Level 3

If sin A = 3 5 \sin A = \dfrac 35 , and cos A < 0 \cos A < 0 , find tan A \tan A .


The answer is -0.75.

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1 solution

Tapas Mazumdar
May 12, 2017

In the interval [ 0 , 2 π ) \left[0 , 2 \pi \right) , we have

cos A < 0 A ( π 2 , 3 π 2 ) \cos A < 0 \implies A \in \left( \dfrac{\pi}{2} , \dfrac{3 \pi}{2} \right)

Here

sin A = 3 5 > 0 A ( 0 , π ) \sin A = \dfrac 35 > 0 \implies A \in \left( 0 , \pi \right)

Thus, the common interval in which A A lies corresponds to A ( π 2 , π ) A \in \left( \dfrac{\pi}{2} , \pi \right) .

In this interval tan A < 0 \tan A < 0 and so we have

tan A = sin A cos A = sin A 1 sin 2 A = 3 / 5 4 / 5 = 3 4 tan A = 3 4 = 0.75 | \tan A | = \dfrac{|\sin A|}{|\cos A|} = \dfrac{\sin A}{\sqrt{1- \sin^2 A}} = \dfrac{{3}/{5}}{{4}/{5}} = \dfrac 34 \\ \implies \tan A = - \dfrac 34 = \boxed{- 0.75}

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