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document.write( "The -pi moves the graph of y=tan x  pi to the right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The period does not change; it is still pi.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For y=tan x the asymptotes are -(pi/2), +(pi/2), and every pi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and -pi to the right and to the left.  But the curve has been<BR>\n" );
document.write( "moved pi to the right.  The asymptotes have not changed; they<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are still -(pi/2), Pi/2, (3/2)pi, etc.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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