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Tangent for AQA A-level Maths







This page covers the following topics:
1. Tangent
2. Values and applications
3. Right-angled triangles
4. Tangent graphs and transformations
Tangent of an angle is a ratio between the side opposite to the angle and the side adjacent to the angle.

Tangent is one of three trigonometric functions of an angle.
tan(x) is found by calculating the ratio of two sides of a right-angled triangle, the opposite and the adjacent.
The diagram shows a tangent graph.

1
Use your calculator to find the value of tan(0).
0
2
Find tanB if a = 0.2 and b = 0.5.
2.5
3
What is the period (size of one wave) of a tangent graph?
180º
4
What is the value of tan(30º)?
√3/3
5
Write down the x coordinate of point A on the tangent graph
90º

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