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Tangent's Single Family

Part of the Trig Equations and Inverses section of Coddy's Trigonometry journey. Lesson 28 of 52.

tan⁡(x)=1\tan\left(x\right) = 1 has 45° and 225° in one turn. Those two are 180° apart, and tangent repeats every 180°, so one family covers both:

x=45∘+180∘⋅kx = 45^{\circ}+180^{\circ}\cdot k

k = 1 gives 225°, k = 2 gives 405°. Writing 45° + 360°k loses every other answer, the most common slip with tangent. Use the period of the function: 360° for sine and cosine, 180° for tangent.

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Find every solution of tan⁡(x)+3=0\tan\left(x\right)+\sqrt{3} = 0, with k any integer, and press Check.

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tan⁡x+3=0\tan x+\sqrt{3} = 0

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