In Try This 2 you may have noticed that although there are some similarities between y = tan x and y = sin x or y = cos x, they are very different functions. The following example summarizes some of the characteristics of y = tan x. You may want to compare these characteristics to the ones you found in Try This 2.
Read “Example 1” on pages 259 and 260 of your textbook.
Complete questions 1.a., 1.b., 2.a., 2.b., 2.c., 4, and 8 on pages 262 to 264 of the textbook. Answer
So far you have seen some characteristics of the tangent function. In Try This 3 you will explore the relationship between the tangent function and the slope of the terminal arm.
Complete “B: Connect the Tangent Function to the Slope of the Terminal Arm” questions 8 to 12 and 14 on pages 257 and 258 of the textbook.