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Advanced Trigonometry, SMB-037

Identify all \(\theta\) values between  \(0^{\circ} \leq \theta \leq 360^{\circ}\), such that

\(\tan\,\theta=\sqrt{3} \)   (2 marks)

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\(\theta=60^{\circ}, 240^{\circ}\)

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\(\text{Reference angle:}\ \ \tan\,\theta=\sqrt{3}\ \ \Rightarrow \ \ \theta = 60^{\circ}\)

\(\text{tan is positive in 1st/3rd quadrants.}\)

\(\theta=60^{\circ}, (180+60)^{\circ}=60^{\circ}, 240^{\circ}\)

Filed Under: Exact Values, Equations and Trig Graphs Tagged With: Band 4, num-title-ct-pathd, smc-5610-30-tan

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