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The measure of angle θ is 3pi/2 . The measure of its reference angle is /, and tan θ is .

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Answer:

I know for a fact that the reference angle for 3pi/2 is pi/2 so the first one is A, and if I'm not mistaken, the second one should be undefined.

Explanation:

User JonathanGB
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Answer:

Reference angle:
(\pi)/(2)


tan(\theta)=tan((3\pi)/(2)) is not defined.

Explanation:

The angle
\theta goes from the positive x-axis to the negative y-axis.

Therefore the reference angle can be calculated as following:


(3\pi)/(2)-\pi=(\pi)/(2)

We know that
tan(\theta)is:


tan(\theta)=(sin(\theta))/(cos(\theta))

If
\theta=(3\pi)/(2) then
cos((3\pi)/(2))=0, therefore
tan((3\pi)/(2)) is not defined, because the division by 0 is not defined.

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