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Geometry Level 2

F i n d V a l u e o f tan 20 tan 40 tan 60 tan 80 Find\quad Value\quad of\\ \tan { 20 } \tan { 40 } \tan { 60 } \tan { 80 }


The answer is 3.

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Bhargav Upadhyay
Feb 26, 2015

tan 20 tan 40 tan 60 tan 80 c a n b e w r i t t e n a s tan 20 tan ( 60 20 ) tan ( 60 + 20 ) tan 60 N o w tan 3 ϕ = tan ϕ tan ( 60 ϕ ) tan ( 60 + ϕ ) tan 20 tan ( 60 20 ) tan ( 60 + 20 ) = tan 60 tan 20 tan 40 tan 60 tan 80 = tan 60 tan 60 = 3 3 = 3. \tan { 20 } \tan { 40 } \tan { 60 } \tan { 80 } can\quad be\quad written\quad as\\ \tan { 20 } \tan { (60-20) } \tan { (60+20) } \tan { 60 } \\ Now\\ \tan { 3\phi } =\tan { \phi } \tan { (60-\phi ) } \tan { (60+\phi ) } \\ \therefore \quad \tan { 20 } \tan { (60-20) } \tan { (60+20) } =\quad \tan { 60 } \\ \therefore \tan { 20 } \tan { 40 } \tan { 60 } \tan { 80 } \quad =\quad \tan { 60 } \quad \tan { 60 } =\sqrt { 3 } \sqrt { 3 } =3.

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