Substituting tan for sin results in what percent error for an angle of

A. 5.00
B. 0.0166
C. 0.0333
D. 0.191
E. 0.381


E. 0.381

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(A) 1.25 3 1023
(B) 1.55 3 1023
(C) 1.76 3 1023
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A) smaller. B) larger. C) about the same.

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The Doppler method seeks to detect planets by

A) precisely measuring distances to stars. B) directly detecting the light of planets orbiting stars. C) measuring small changes in the positions of stars on the sky. D) precisely measuring the velocities of stars moving toward and away from us. E) measuring small changes in the apparent brightness of stars.

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