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Arctan is a term used in advanced mathematics. To be more specific, in geometry. The short answer is that it is used to find the angle "x", when "tan (x)" is known.

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How do you generate an arctan function from a set of data?

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How do you take the integral from negative infinity to 4 of 1 over1 plus x2?

Recall that the antiderivative of 1/(1+x2) is arctan(x). arctan(negative infinity) = -pi/2. arctan(4) = approximately 1.325818. The answer then is arctan(4) - (pi/2) = approximately -0.244979


What is Arctan 0.55431?

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What is the difference between Arc tan and arc tan?

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How do you solve tan x is equal to 3.0?

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What are the measures of the angles at the point where the diagonals intersect in a rectangle with lenght of 10 cm and width of 5 cm?

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= tan ^ -1 (0.55431) = approximately 29 degrees


What is the meaning of word what?

'MEANING' in other words can be the 'vocabulary' of a word or the 'essence' of the word as to what the word precisely means. OR meaning is the meaning of meaning what you just said meaning


Given that tan A = 0.22, arctan A =?

12.6 degree approximately


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If z equals a plus ib then show that arg conjugate of z equals 2pi -arg z?

If z = a + ib then arg(z) = arctan(b/a) Let z' denote the conjugate of z. Therefore, z' = a - ib Then arg(z') = arctan(-b/a) = 2*pi - arctan(b/a) = 2*pi - arg(z)


What is another word for the meaning of a word?

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