Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.2 - Sum and Difference Formulas - Exercise Set - Page 671: 89

Answer

The graphs appear to coincide.

Work Step by Step

Please note that$$\tan (\alpha - \beta ) = \frac{\tan \alpha - \tan \beta }{1+\tan \alpha \tan \beta }.$$So we have$$\tan (\pi -x)=\frac{\tan \pi - \tan x}{1+\tan \pi \tan x}=-\tan x .$$
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