Thread: Stuck on some precalc/trig questions
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Old November 1st, 2009, 06:04 PM
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Problem 2)

There are two solutions for tan(x)=3. They're given by:

Arctan(3) and Arctan(3)+\pi

Remember that tan(x)=tan(x+\pi) since the function has a period \pi.

My calculator gives \approx 71.57 in degrees for Arctan(3).
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