# Solve for x 2tan(x)=1-tan(x)^2

Substitute for .
Add to both sides of the equation.
Move to the left side of the equation by subtracting it from both sides.
Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.
Substitute the values , , and into the quadratic formula and solve for .
Simplify.
Simplify the numerator.
Raise to the power of .
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Rewrite as .
Factor out of .
Rewrite as .
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Multiply by .
Simplify .
The final answer is the combination of both solutions.
Substitute for .
Set up each of the solutions to solve for .
Set up the equation to solve for .
Solve the equation for .
Convert the right side of the equation to its decimal equivalent.
Take the inverse tangent of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the tangent.
Evaluate .
The tangent function is positive in the first and third quadrants. To find the second solution, add the reference angle from to find the solution in the fourth quadrant.
Simplify .
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Combine.
Multiply by .
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Simplify the numerator.
Move to the left of .
Find the period.
The period of the function can be calculated using .
Replace with in the formula for period.
Solve the equation.
The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between and is .
Divide by .
The period of the function is so values will repeat every radians in both directions.
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Set up the equation to solve for .
Solve the equation for .
Convert the right side of the equation to its decimal equivalent.
Take the inverse tangent of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the tangent.
Evaluate .
The tangent function is negative in the second and fourth quadrants. To find the second solution, subtract the reference angle from to find the solution in the third quadrant.
Simplify the expression to find the second solution.
Simplify .
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Combine.
Multiply by .
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Simplify the numerator.
Multiply by .
Subtract from .
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
The resulting angle of is positive and coterminal with .
Find the period.
The period of the function can be calculated using .
Replace with in the formula for period.
Solve the equation.
The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between and is .
Divide by .
Add to every negative angle to get positive angles.
Add to to find the positive angle.
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Combine.
Multiply by .
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Simplify the numerator.
Move to the left of .
Subtract from .
List the new angles.
The period of the function is so values will repeat every radians in both directions.
, for any integer
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List all of the results found in the previous steps.
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The complete solution is the set of all solutions.
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