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On a unit circle, the terminal point of tan is (square roots2/2,square roots/2).

What is tan if 0digree <\ tan < 360 degree

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Hi there!


\large\boxed{tan45^(o) = 1}

On the unit circle, the angle at which the x-value = √2/2 and the y-value = √2/2 is at 45°.

tan 45° = (√2/2)/(√2/2) = 1.

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