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R(x)=-3tan(1/2x)

What kind of reflection is this?
What is the vertical stretch factor?
What is the horizontal stretch factor?
What is the period?

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The function R(x)=-3tan(1/2x) is a reflection about the x-axis, since the coefficient of the tangent function is negative.

The vertical stretch factor is 3, since it is the absolute value of the coefficient (-3) outside of the tangent function.

The horizontal stretch factor is 2, since it is the coefficient of x inside the tangent function, multiplied by 1/2.

The period is pi, since it is the distance between consecutive vertical asymptotes of the tangent function. This can be found by setting 1/2x equal to (n+1/2)pi or (n-1/2)pi, and solving for x, where n is an integer. The difference between these two values of x gives the period.
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