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Sum to product and
product to sum formulas or identities |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Example:
Verify the identity |
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Solution:
We divide the numerator and
denominator on the left side by sin
a
and to the right side we use the cotangent formula for the
difference of two angles, thus
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| Example:
Express tan
3x in terms of tan
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Using the sum formula and the double angle formula for the
tangent function, |
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| Example:
Prove the identity |
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| Example:
Prove the identity |
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Example:
If tan
a
= 3/4, find tan
a/2.
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Use formula |
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to express tan
a/2
in terms of tan
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| Example:
Prove the identity |
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Substitute |
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Example:
Express the given
difference sin
61° -
sin 59° as a product.
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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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Using the formula for the sum of the tangent |
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