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Tangent - Function Summary


Summary:

Returns the trigonometric tangent in degrees.

Usage:

tangent value

Arguments:

value - The value argument. (must be: number)

Refinements:

/radians - Value is specified in radians.

Description:

Ratio between the length of the opposite side to the length of the adjacent side of a right triangle.


    print tangent 30
    0.577350269189626


    print tangent/radians 2 * pi
    0.0

Related:

arccosine - Returns the trigonometric arccosine in degrees.
arcsine - Returns the trigonometric arcsine in degrees.
arctangent - Returns the trigonometric arctangent in degrees.
cosine - Returns the trigonometric cosine in degrees.
tangent - Returns the trigonometric tangent in degrees.


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