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How many possible values for y are there where y = tan ^-1 3

A.1
B.2
C.Infinite
D.0

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infinite is the answer lol

a

p

e

x

User Dbanas
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The answer is infinite

The reason for that is that arctan (which is inverse function of tan) gives 2 values of angles between 0 and 2pi but we can go below 0 and above 2pi radians as much as we like (for example there is angle -10000pi or +3000000pi) up to infinity which means there are infinite answers.

It is important to remember that arctan gives infinite numbers of answer but function tan gives only 1 answer.
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