Day 3: 45-45-90 Fill in the table with side lengths of similar 45-45-90 right triangles. You may drag point C to dilate the red triangle. Why would the tangent of 45 degrees always equal 1? Tangent- oppladj Scale factor BC-opp AC-adj

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Day 3: 45-45-90
Fill in the table with side lengths of similar 45-45-90
right triangles.
You may drag point C to dilate the red triangle.
Why would the tangent of 45 degrees always equal 1?
Tangent-
oppladj
Scale factor
BC-opp
AC-adj
Construct Transform
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Transcribed Image Text:Day 3: 45-45-90 Fill in the table with side lengths of similar 45-45-90 right triangles. You may drag point C to dilate the red triangle. Why would the tangent of 45 degrees always equal 1? Tangent- oppladj Scale factor BC-opp AC-adj Construct Transform to search
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