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Tan 5pi/8 exact value

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D.)

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User Kazimierz Jawor
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To solve this exercirse, you must apply the proccedure below:

1. You need to apply the "Half-angle identity for tangent", which is:

Tan(θ/2)=Sinθ/1+Cosθ

2. But first, the angle 5π/4 must be expressed as a product of 1/2, as below:

5π/8=(5π/4)(1/2)

3. Now, you can susbtitute the angle into the formula:

=Sinθ/1+Cosθ
=Sin(5π/4)/1+Cos(5π/4)

Sin(5π/4)=-√2/2
Cos(5π/4)=Cos(π/4)

π/4 is the reference angle of 5π/4
π/4=√2/2

4. Then:

=(-√2/2)/(1-√2/2)

5. When you simplify the expression, you obtain:

=-1-√2

6. Therefore, the answer is: -1-√2
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