show that if $\beta$ is an acute angle and that $\tan\beta=2\sqrt2$ then $\cos\beta=\frac{1}{3}$

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show that if $\beta$ is an acute angle and that $\tan\beta=2\sqrt2$ then $\cos\beta=\frac{1}{3}$

This question question has stumped me as I see no obvious way to go with it. This is all I've done so far.

$$\tan\beta=2\sqrt2$$ $$\frac{\sin\beta}{\cos\beta}=2\sqrt2$$

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Remember that

$$1+\tan^2\beta=\frac1{\cos^2\beta}$$

Now just substitute numbers and solve...