CHAPTER 20 KEY FORMULAS AND EQUATIONS

Basic trigonometric identities

sin θ = 1csc θ (20.1)
tan θ = sin θcos θ (20.4)
sin2 θ + cos2 θ = 1 (20.6)
cos θ = 1sec θ (20.2)
cot θ = cos θsin θ (20.5)
1 + tan2 θ = sec2 θ (20.7)
tan θ = 1cot θ (20.3)
1 + cot2 θ = csc2 θ (20.8)

Sum and difference identities

sin(α + β) = sin α cos β + cos α sin β (20.9)
cos(α + β) = cos α cos β − sin α sin β (20.10)
sin(α − β) = sin α cos β − cos α sin β (20.11)
cos(α − β) = cos α cos β + sin α sin β (20.12)
tan(α ± β) = tan α ± tan β1 ∓ tan α tan β (20.13)

Double-angle formulas

sin 2α = 2 sin α cos α (20.21)
cos 2α = cos2 α − sin2 α (20.22)
 = 2 cos2 α − 1 (20.23)
 = 1 − 2 sin2 α (20.24)
tan 2α = 2 tan α1 − tan2 α (20.25)

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