1983 AHSME Problems/Problem 5

Problem 5

Triangle $ABC$ has a right angle at $C$ . If $\sin A = \frac{2}{3}$ , then $\tan B$ is

$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{3}{5}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{\sqrt 5}{3}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{2}{\sqrt 5}\qquad \text{(D)}\ \sqrt{3}\qquad \text{(E)}\ 2$

Solution

A=(0,1.7);
B=(2,0);
C=(0,0);
pair A,B,C;
draw (A--B--C--A);
 (Error making remote request. Unknown error_msg)

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