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Answer 1 · 2017-01-25T16:17:26

Please see the explanation.

Any point on the #x = 0# line is a trivial solution.

Let's find an equation for y in terms of x for values of #x !=0#.

Subtract x from both sides of the equation:

#tan(xy) = -x#

Use the inverse tangent function on both sides:

#tan^-1(tan(xy)) = tan^-1(-x)#

The left side becomes xy, due to a property of a function and its inverse:

#xy = tan^-1(-x)#

Divide both sides of the equation by x:

#y = tan^-1(-x)/x; x!=0" [1]"#

This is the equation for all values x except 0

Here is a graph of all of the possible solutions:

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The blue line is all of the possible values of y, when #x = 0#
The red line is all of the possible values of y as a function of x except 0.