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Grade 12

Stretches and compressions of tangent curves

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To produce the graph of $y=3\tan x$y=3tanx, will a dilation by a factor of $3$3 from the $x$x-axis stretch or compress the graph of $y=\tan x$y=tanx vertically?

Stretch

A

Compress

B
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Select the most appropriate word to complete the sentence.

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Choose the statement that best describes how to get the graph of $y=-5\tan x$y=5tanx from the parent function $y=\tan x$y=tanx.

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Choose the description that best matches the graph of $y=\frac{1}{4}\tan x$y=14tanx.

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12F.B.2.2

Make connections between the tangent ratio and the tangent function by using technology to graph the relationship between angles in radians and their tangent ratios and defining this relationship as the function f(x) = tan x, and describe key properties of the tangent function

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