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what is the exact value of tan 75?

 May 15, 2015

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Notice that tan (75) can be written as sin(75)/cos(75)   = sin(30 + 45) / cos(30 + 45)

 

And using a couple of trig identities, we have

 

[sin 30 cos 45 + sin 45 cos 30 ] / [cos 30 cos 45 -sin 30 sin 45] =

 

[ (1/2)(1/√2) +(1/√2))(√3/2)] / [ (√3/2) (1/√2) -(1/2) (1/√2) ]  =

 

 ([1 + √3)] / [2 √2])  /  ([√3 - 1] / [2 √2])  =

 

[ 1 + √3]  /  [√3 - 1]          rationalizing the denominator, we have

 

[ 1 + √3] *  [√3 + 1]  /  2  =

 

[ 1 + √3 ] [ 1 + √3 ] / 2 =

 

[1 + 2√3 + 3] / 2 =

 

[4 + 2√3 ] / 2 =

 

2 + √3    ......and this is the exact value......

 

 May 15, 2015
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what is the exact value of tan 75 ?

$$\tan{(75\ensurement{^{\circ}})}= 2 + \sqrt{3}=3.7320508076$$

 May 15, 2015
 #2
avatar+129933 
+10
Best Answer

 

 

Notice that tan (75) can be written as sin(75)/cos(75)   = sin(30 + 45) / cos(30 + 45)

 

And using a couple of trig identities, we have

 

[sin 30 cos 45 + sin 45 cos 30 ] / [cos 30 cos 45 -sin 30 sin 45] =

 

[ (1/2)(1/√2) +(1/√2))(√3/2)] / [ (√3/2) (1/√2) -(1/2) (1/√2) ]  =

 

 ([1 + √3)] / [2 √2])  /  ([√3 - 1] / [2 √2])  =

 

[ 1 + √3]  /  [√3 - 1]          rationalizing the denominator, we have

 

[ 1 + √3] *  [√3 + 1]  /  2  =

 

[ 1 + √3 ] [ 1 + √3 ] / 2 =

 

[1 + 2√3 + 3] / 2 =

 

[4 + 2√3 ] / 2 =

 

2 + √3    ......and this is the exact value......

 

CPhill May 15, 2015

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