Trigonometry Examples

$\tan (- 45)$

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 $1$ .

$- 1 \cdot 1$

Step 3

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$- 1$