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Thanks o___o;;lyounamu said:Good question. You can use the pythagoras' theorem because it's just easiest way to approach the question. I really don't see how I can approach this without using that method.
In the question, you are only interested in the value of the tanx. Since the answer you get from the question conforms to the value of the sine (which was initially given), your answer is valid, hence your working out is valid (but not necessarily the case).
Something a bit easier:
Simplify 3 - (k - p)/(k+p)