tan A can be written as sin A divided by:
Atan A
Bcos A
Csec A
Dcot A
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. cos A
1. tan is the opposite over the adjacent side.
2. Dividing sin by cos cancels the hypotenuse.
3. So tan A equals sin A over cos A.
4. The answer is cos A.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Ch 8 'Introduction to Trigonometry'_
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