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A right triangle upper A upper B upper C. The right angle, labeled upper C, is on the bottom left. The hypotenuse, side upper A upper B, slopes downward from right to left. All sides are assigned values.
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Use the inverse of tangent to find the approximate measure of angle A
, rounded to the nearest whole degree.

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67°
67°

23°
23°

21°
21°

43°

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
tan(A) = opposite/adjacent = BC/AC = 5/12.
A = arctan(5/12) ≈ 22.62°, which rounds to 23°.