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What is the value of ?
What is the value of tan 92 π 3 ?
Hard-difficulty · SAT Math · Right Triangles & Trigonometry — Trig ratios (sin, cos, tan) in right triangles. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
Choice A is correct. A trigonometric ratio can be found using the unit circle, that is, a circle with radius unit. If a central angle of a unit circle in the xy-plane centered at the origin has its starting side on the positive x-axis and its terminal side intersects the circle at a point , then the value of the tangent of the central angle is equal to the y-coordinate divided by the x-coordinate. There are radians in a circle. Dividing by yields , which is equivalent to . It follows that on the unit circle centered at the origin in the xy-plane, the angle is the result of revolutions from its starting side on the positive x-axis followed by a rotation through radians. Therefore, the angles and are coterminal angles and is equal to . Since is greater than and less than , it follows that the terminal side of the angle is in quadrant Iwe and forms an angle of , or , with the negative x-axis. Therefore, the terminal side of the angle intersects the unit circle at the point . It follows that the value of is , which is equivalent to . Therefore, the value of is .
Choice B is incorrect. This is the value of , not .
Choice C is incorrect. This is the value of , not .
Choice D is incorrect. This is the value of , not .
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