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How To Use TAN() Function in Google Sheets

Description

Returns the tangent of an angle provided in radians.
 
Common questions about the TAN formula:
-What does TAN stand for?
-What is the purpose of the TAN formula?
-How do you use the TAN formula correctly?

How can the TAN formula be used appropriately:
-The TAN formula can be used to take the tangent of a given angle in radians.

How can the TAN formula be commonly mistyped:
-TAN formula is commonly mistyped as TANG instead of TAN.

What are some common ways the TAN formula is used inappropriately:
-Using the TAN formula to calculate the tangent of a angle in degrees instead of radians.
-Trying to calculate the angle from the tangent value using the TAN formula.

What are some common pitfalls when using the TAN formula:
-Incorrectly inputting the number of radians
-Entering a number instead of an angle as an input

What are common mistakes when using the TAN formula:
-Using the wrong units.
-Using the formula to calculate the tangent of an angle in degrees.

What are common misconceptions people might have with the TAN Formula:
-Thinking that the TAN formula can be used to find the angle from a tangent value. 
-Thinking that the TAN formula works with angles in degrees instead of radians.

How To Actually Use TAN() in Sheets

TAN(angle)

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