Tangent problem, Please help.

Roelof

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I had the follwing question in a math quiz;
What is the correct value of x corrected to the nearest degree in the following?
3tan x= 1.5286
Could someone please help with a step by step instruction on you would go to work to get the angle.
 
Hello and welcome to FMH! :)

1.) Decide in which quadrant(s) the angle \(x\) may reside. I would assume here that \(0^{\circ}\le x<360^{\circ}\).

2.) Divide both sides of the equation by 3.

3.) Take the inverse tangent of both sides.

4.) Add whatever angle(s) are necessary to account for all relevant quadrants.

5.) Round all values as instructed.

What do you find?
 
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