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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Tan Function</title>
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<bookmark_value>Tan function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3148550" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080104.xhp" name="Tan Function">Tan Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148663" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Determines the tangent of an angle. The angle is specified in radians.<comment>i71396</comment></paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153379" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Using the angle Alpha, the Tan Function calculates the ratio of the length of the side opposite the angle to the length of the side adjacent to the angle in a right-angled triangle.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154366" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Tan(Alpha) = side opposite the angle/side adjacent to angle</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3145174" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3151042" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Tan (Number)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3156214" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3156281" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Double</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3155132" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145786" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Number:</emph> Any numeric expression that you want to calculate the tangent for (in radians).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153728" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">To convert degrees to radians, multiply by Pi/180. To convert radians to degrees, multiply by 180/Pi.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3155414" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">degrees=(radiant*180)/Pi</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3146975" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">radiant=(degrees*Pi)/180</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147434" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Pi is approximately 3.141593.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3149483" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3148646" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">' In this example, the following entry is possible for a right-angled triangle:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150012" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">' The side opposite the angle and the angle (in degrees) to calculate the length of the side adjacent to the angle:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340786736" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleTangens</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153158" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">' Pi = 3.1415926 is a pre-defined variable</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340783712" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim d1 As Double</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340782480" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim dAlpha As Double</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145252" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> d1 = InputBox("Enter the length of the side opposite the angle: ","opposite")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149582" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> dAlpha = InputBox("Enter the Alpha angle (in degrees): ","Alpha")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154016" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print "the length of the side adjacent the angle is"; (d1 / tan (dAlpha * Pi / 180))</paragraph>
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