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| Trigonometry |
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Sum to product and
product to sum formulas or identities |
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Sum to product formulas
for the sine and the cosine functions |
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Sum to product formulas
for the tangent and the cotangent functions |
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The product to sum
formulas for the sine and cosine functions |
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Trigonometric identities,
examples |
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| Sum to product and
product to sum formulas or identities |
| Sum to product formulas
for the sine and the cosine functions |
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Adding the sum and difference formulas for the sine function,
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| sin (a
+ b)
= sin a
· cos b
+ cosa
· sin b
(1) |
| sin (a
-
b)
= sin a
· cos b
-
cosa
· sin b
(2) |
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sin (a
+ b)
+
sin (a
-
b)
= 2sin a
· cos b |
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by subtracting the second from the first identity, |
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sin (a
+ b)
-
sin (a
-
b)
= 2cosa
· sin b. |
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substitute a
+ b
= x and a
-
b
= y . |
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adding and subtracting these equalities we get |
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| thus, |
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and |
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| Using the same procedure for the cosine function, |
| cos
(a
+ b)
= cos a
· cos b
-
sin a
· sin b
(1) |
| cos
(a
-
b)
= cos a
· cos b
+ sin a
· sin b
(2) |
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| by
adding (1)
+
(2) we get,
cos
(a
+ b)
+ cos
(a
-
b)
= 2cos a
· cos b |
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(1) -
(2)
cos
(a
+ b)
-
cos
(a
-
b)
= -2sin
a
· sin b |
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substitute, a
+ b
= x and a
-
b
= y
so that, |
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| thus, |
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| Sum to product formulas
for the tangent and the cotangent functions |
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for the function cotangent |
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the same method, |
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| The product to sum
formulas for the sine and cosine functions |
| By adding and subtracting addition formulas derived are following product
to sum formulas, |
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| Trigonometric
identities
examples |
| Example:
Prove the identity |
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Example:
If tan
a
= 3/4, find tan
a/2.
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| Solution:
Use formula |
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to express tan
a/2
in terms of tan
a. |
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| Example:
Prove the identity |
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| Solution:
Substitute |
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then |
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Example:
Express the given
difference sin
61° -
sin 59° as a product.
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| Solution:
Since |
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Example:
Prove the identity sin a
+ sin (a
+ 120°) +
sin (a
+ 240°)
= 0.
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Solution:
Applying the sum formula to
the last two terms on the left side of the identity we get,
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| Example:
Prove the identity |
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| Solution:
Using the formula for the sum of the tangent |
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| Example:
Prove that |
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Solution: Replace
sin a
by cos (p/2
-
a)
and cos a
by sin (p/2
-
a)
and use the sum to product
formula
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