Question

Use a special right triangle to write tan 60º as a simplified fraction.

Answer 1

sin 60 = $\frac{ \sqrt{3} }{2}$
cos 60 = $\frac{1}{2}$
tan 60 = $\frac{sin 60}{cos 60}$ = $\frac{ \sqrt{3} }{1} = \sqrt{3}$