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Advanced Trigonometry, SMB-042

Find all the values of \(\theta\), where  \(-180^{\circ} \leq \theta \leq 180^{\circ}\), such that

\(\tan\,\theta(\tan\,\theta-1)=0\)   (3 marks)

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\(\theta=-180^{\circ}, -135^{\circ}, 0^{\circ}, 45^{\circ}, 180^{\circ}\)

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\(\text{If}\ \ \tan\,\theta=0\ \ \Rightarrow\ \ \theta=0^{\circ}, 180^{\circ}, -180^{\circ} \)

\(\text{If}\ \ \tan\,\theta-1=0\ \ \Rightarrow\ \ \tan\,\theta=1\)

\(\text{Reference angle:}\ \ \tan\,\theta=1\ \ \Rightarrow \ \ \theta = 45^{\circ}\)

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

\(\theta=45^{\circ}, (180+45)^{\circ}=45^{\circ}, 225^{\circ} = 45^{\circ}, -135^{\circ}\ \ (-180^{\circ} \leq \theta \leq 180^{\circ}) \)

\(\therefore \theta=-180^{\circ}, -135^{\circ}, 0^{\circ}, 45^{\circ}, 180^{\circ}\)

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

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