2008 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 24

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Triangle $ABC$ has $\angle C = 60^{\circ}$ and $BC = 4$ . Point $D$ is the midpoint of $BC$ . What is the largest possible value of $\tan{\angle BAD}$ ?

$\textbf{(A)} \ \frac {\sqrt {3}}{6} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ \frac {\sqrt {3}}{3} \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ \frac {\sqrt {3}}{2\sqrt {2}} \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ \frac {\sqrt {3}}{4\sqrt {2} - 3} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 1$

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