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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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Side upper A upper B is labeled 13. Side upper B upper C is labeled 12. Side upper C upper A is labeled 5.

Use the inverse of tangent to find the approximate measure of angle A
, rounded to the nearest whole degree.

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23°

67°

21°

43°

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tan(A) = opposite/adjacent = BC/CA = 12/5.
A = arctan(12/5) ≈ 67.38°, rounded to the nearest degree = 67°.