material tabs broken animation on"rtl" mode with left and right button clicks

[kordeviant]

What is the expected behavior?

smooth animation when left and right buttons get clicked

What is the current behavior?

laggy and broken with jumps and sudden movements.

What are the steps to reproduce?

simple example with rtl and small width:
https://stackblitz.com/edit/material-tabs-rtl-problem

Which versions of Angular, Material, OS, TypeScript, browsers are affected?

7.2.0

[crisbeto]

I tracked the issue down to this line, however removing it will reintroduce a bug on IE.

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