3 unit maths preliminary questionz marathon (1 Viewer)

bleakarcher

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im bored letz get this going.

show that tan(15)=2-sqrt(3)
 

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Form a quadratic and solve. I think Ohexploitable wants you to use his thread.
 

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lol that would take much longer time.
i simply did this.
tan(15)=tan(45-30)
=[tan(45)-tan(30)]/[1+tan(45)tan(30)]
=[1-(1/sqrt(3))]/[1+(1/sqrt(3))]
simply and rationalise the denominator
 

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find the angle subtended by any of the side of a regular tetrahedron at its centre
(this probably won't appear in any of your exams... )
 

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