Tangent Graphs

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What is the equation of the tangent function?

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y = tan(θ)

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What is the relationship between sine and cosine in the tangent function?

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What is the vertical asymptote of the function y = tan(2x)?

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What is the equation for the transformed tangent function y = 2tan(θ) - 4?

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This represents a vertical stretch by a factor of 2 and a downward shift by 4.

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What is the period of the tangent function?

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How do you find the vertical asymptotes of the tangent function?

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What is the range of the tangent function?

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The range of y = tan(x) is all real numbers, (-∞, ∞).

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What is the effect of multiplying the tangent function by a negative number?

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It reflects the graph across the x-axis.

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What is the derivative of the tangent function?

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