Question

Sort the following values is descending order.

• A. $\tan {88}^{\circ }$
• B. $\tan {358}^{\circ }$
• C. $\tan {240}^{\circ }$
• D. $\tan {45}^{\circ }$
• E. $\tan {271}^{\circ }$

Answer 1

Given: $\tan {45}^{\circ },\tan {88}^{\circ },\tan {240}^{\circ },\tan {358}^{\circ },\tan {271}^{\circ }$
To arrange the given values in descending order, let's use the graph of $\tan x$

From the graph, we can now arrange the values as:
$\tan {88}^{\circ }>\tan {240}^{\circ }>\tan {45}^{\circ }>\tan {358}^{\circ }>\tan {271}^{\circ }$