Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 7 - Section 7.2 - Addition and Subtraction Formulas - 7.2 Exercises - Page 552: 70

Answer

$\dfrac{17}{6}$

Work Step by Step

Since, the interior angles of a triangle add up to $180^{\circ}$ Thus, we have $u=90-\alpha; v=90-\beta, \gamma =180-u-v$ So, $\gamma=180-(90-\alpha)-(90-\beta)=\alpha+\beta$ From the graph , we have $\tan \alpha =\dfrac{2}{3}$ and $\tan \beta =\dfrac{3}{4}$ Thus, $\tan (\alpha+\beta)=\dfrac{\tan \alpha+\tan \beta}{1-\tan \alpha \tan \beta}\\=\dfrac{\dfrac{2}{3}+\dfrac{3}{4}}{1-\dfrac{2}{3}\cdot \dfrac{3}{4}}\\=\dfrac{17}{6}$
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