It means find the angle whose tangent equals - sqrt (3) the negative square root of 3 =
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1.7320508076)
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Looking up the arc tan </span></span><span>(-1.7320508076</span> ) on this page: http://www.1728.org/trigcalc.htm we find it equals -60 degrees