SOLUTION: Find tan -1 square root 3

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Question 339915: Find tan -1 square root 3
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since tan%28pi%2F3%29=sqrt%283%29, this means that the inverse tangent of sqrt%283%29 is pi%2F3. Now just add pi to the answer to get pi%2F3%2Bpi=pi%2F3%2B3pi%2F3=4pi%2F3 (this rotates the angle 180 degrees)


So or where the angle is in the range from 0 to 2pi