Trigonometric Formulae

July 15, 2009

1 Basic Trigonometry
1. 2. 3. 1. 2.
sin2 + cos2 = 1 sec2 tan2 = 1 sin or sin2 = 1 cos2 or 1 cos = 1 + cos sin 1 or sec2 = 1 + tan2 or sec tan = sec + tan 1 cosec + cot

cosec2 cot2 = 1 or cosec2 = 1+cot2 or cosec cot =

2 Sum and Dierence of Angle formulae

sin(A B) = sin A cos B cos A sin B cos(A B) = cos A cos B sin A sin B

(a) Derived from above : i. sin(A + B) sin(A B) = sin2 A sin2 B = cos2 B cos2 A ii. cos(A + B) cos(A B) = cos2 A sin2 B = cos2 B sin2 A 2 iii. sin 2 = 2 sin cos = 1 +tan tan2 iv. v. 3.
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cos 2 = cos2 sin2 = 2 cos2 1 = 1 2 sin2 =

Another form : cos2 = 1 + cos 2 & 2

tan 2 = 2 tan 1 tan2 tan A tan B 1 tan A tan B

1 tan2 1 + tan2 1 cos 2 sin2 = 2

tan(A B) =

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(a) Special Case : tan( ) = 1 tan 4 1 tan 4.

cot(A B) = cot A cot B 1 cot A cot B

PRODUCT TO SUM OR DIFFERENCE

3 Triple Angles
1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4.
sin 3x = 3 sin x 4 sin3 x cos 3x = 4 cos3 x 3 cos x tan 3x = 3 tan x tan3 x 1 3 tan2 x

4 Sum and dierence to Product

sin C + sin D = 2 sin sin C sin D = 2 cos cos C + cos D = 2 cos cos C cos D = 2 sin C +D C +D cos 2 2 C D C +D sin 2 2 C +D C D cos 2 2 DC C +D sin 2 2

(Note D C )

5 Product to sum or dierence

2 sin A cos B = sin(A + B) + sin(A B) 2 cos A sin B = sin(A + B) sin(A B) 2 cos A cos B = cos(A + B) + cos(A B) 2 sin A sin B = cos(A B) cos(A + B)

(Note the change here)