Trigonometry Examples

Find the Reference Angle tan(315 degrees )
tan(315°)tan(315°)
Step 1
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because tangent is negative in the fourth quadrant.
-tan(45)
Step 2
The exact value of tan(45) is 1.
-11
Step 3
Multiply -1 by 1.
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