How do you find the period of #y = tan (x + pi/3)#?

1 Answer
Jan 19, 2016

Use the coefficient on the variable x to find the period ...

Explanation:

For this problem, the coefficient on x is #1#. Next, use this formula for finding the period for tangent ...

Period #=(pi)/"coefficient"=pi/1=pi#

So, this function has the same period as a standard tangent function except it has a phase shift of #pi/3# . See graph below.

Hope that helped

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