Show that for small angles under 20º that tan a ≈ sin a?
Construct a right-angled triangle with angle theta and 3 side lengths = a,b, and c.
Just like this:
As theta decreases, sin theta=b/c decreases, therefore b decreases, therefore cos theta approaches 1, therefore a ≈ c, therefore b/a ≈ b/c, therefore tan theta ≈ sin theta.