Tangent Functoid

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Use the Tangent functoid ( Icon that represents the Tangent functoid.) to return the tangent of an angle.

Input

Parameter 1: A numeric value that is an angle, specified in radians, for which the tangent is sought.

Output

Output 1: A numeric value that is the tangent of the specified angle.

Remarks

This functoid performs the following trigonometric calculation, where for a right triangle, A is one of the acute angles, S is the length of the non-hypotenuse adjacent side, and O is the length of the side opposite the angle.

Tangent(A) = O / S (tangent of angle is the opposite side over the adjacent side)

The tangent of an acute angle is sometimes informally referred to as "rise over run."

The Tangent functoid performs the inverse operation of the Arc Tangent functoid.

A radian is a unit of measure of angles, such that there are 2π radians in a circle. It follows that:

  • 2π radians equals 360 degrees

  • 1 radian = 180/π degrees

  • 1 degree = π /180 radians

See Also

Scientific Functoids Reference
Scientific Functoids
How to Add Basic Functoids to a Map
Arc Tangent Functoid
Cosine Functoid
Sine Functoid