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how do u do this?
I got -2 < tanx < 3 but idk how to go from there given the domain 0<x<360
like do i just arctan everything and yeh or what else do i do

if i arctan i got 0<x<71deg 34'. I'm like super unsure about it tho
 

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how do u do this?
I got -2 < tanx < 3 but idk how to go from there given the domain 0<x<360
like do i just arctan everything and yeh or what else do i do

if i arctan i got 0<x<71deg 34'. I'm like super unsure about it tho
You factorise brother. Take 6 to the other side, maybe let tank=u or smn initially, then solve for tanx
 

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ye, where do u go from there tho to isolate x or do u keep it like that?
You want make use of the following theorems:

f^-1 (f(x)) = x
f(f^-1(x)) = x

# The theorem are fairly easy to prove if (x, y) is point of "f" than (y, x) is a point of f^-1 // By definition of inverse function
# Similarly if (x, y) is point of "f^-1" than (y, x) is a point of f

You will also need to consider the unit circle definition of tan(theta) i.e. tan(theta) = y/x as well as ASTC.
 

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ye, where do u go from there tho to isolate x or do u keep it like that?
You want to isolate the x. But because it's an inequality, it's a little tricky because you can't just use the inverse tangent function without accounting for what your domain is. Remember that the inverse tangent function takes the range (-pi/2,pi/2)

One way to do it is to draw a graph. So you want to graph y = tan(x), y=3 and y=-2, and then find the parts of the tangent graph that are 'between the two lines'. Depending on your domain, you might get multiple segments.

For example, if your domain is , then your answer is , and
 

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