Trigonometry Examples

$\tan (\frac{- 17 π}{3})$

Step 1

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$\tan (- \frac{17 π}{3})$

Step 2

Add full rotations of $2 π$ until the angle is greater than or equal to $0$ and less than $2 π$ .

$\tan (\frac{π}{3})$

Step 3

The exact value of $\tan (\frac{π}{3})$ is $\sqrt{3}$ .

$\sqrt{3}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\sqrt{3}$

Decimal Form:

$1.73205080 \dots$