Precalculus (6th Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-13421-742-0

Chapter 6 - The Circular Functions and Their Graphs - 6.5 Graphs of the Tangent and Cotangent Functions - 6.5 Exercises - Page 623: 5

Answer

$-\frac{\pi}{2}$.

Work Step by Step

Vertical asymptotes of the graph $y=tan(x)$ can be written as $x=n\pi+\frac{\pi}{2}$ where $n$ is an integer. Thus the greatest negative value is $k=-\frac{\pi}{2}$.
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