Finding a Way to Describe the Infinitely Many Solutions of Tangent of an Angle

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The equation $\tan\theta = 0.9004$ has infinitely many solutions. Find a way of describing all these values of $\theta$.

How is it possible to describe those infinite solutions generally? Please explain so that an Alg II/Trig student in high school can understand it. Any help will be appreciated.

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For $\tan \theta = k$, the general solution will be $$\theta = \arctan k + \begin {cases} 180n & \text {$k$ in degrees, $$n$ \in \mathbb {N}$} \\ \pi n & \text {$k$ in radians, $$n$ \in \mathbb {N}$} \end {cases}$$