Trigonometry Examples

\tan (300 °)

$\tan (300 °)$

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 (60)

$- \tan (60)$

Step 2

The exact value of

\tan (60)

$\tan (60)$ is

\sqrt{3}

$\sqrt{3}$ .

- \sqrt{3}

$- \sqrt{3}$

Step 3

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

- \sqrt{3}

$- \sqrt{3}$

Decimal Form:

- 1.73205080 \dots

$- 1.73205080 \dots$