Question

In what quadrants does the tangent increase?
In what quadrants does the cotangent increase?

Answer 1

@CliffSedge

Answer 2

@ghazi

Answer 3

@Shane_B

Answer 4

tangent increases everywhere (see that last post we did)

Answer 5

i was confused about the second one :)

Answer 6

it decreases, right?

Answer 7

cotangent is always decreasing because

if f(x) is always increasing, then 1/[ f(x) ] is always decreasing

Answer 8

cot(x) = 1/tan(x)

Answer 9

yay i was right :D

Answer 10

that's great

Answer 11

okay but thats for counterclockwise so how would i word my sentence to make sure i account for both cases?

Answer 12

if you're going in the opposite direction, then everything flips

Answer 13

but usually, you're going ccw

Answer 14

thats what i thought :) ...thanks again :D

Answer 15

np