
Trigonometry deals with sine and cosine functions of a right-angled triangle. Like trigonometry equations, trigonometry identities are also universal and used widely to solve various mathematical problems. Also, like algebraic identities, (a + b)² = a² + 2ab + b², (a - b)² = a² - 2ab+ b², and (a + b) (a-b)= a² - b², trigonometric identities are represent the same way. Let us see a few trigonometric identities.
These can be find from the sum and difference identities as:
sin (A+B) = sin A cos B + cos A sin B
Substitute A = B = θ on both sides here, we get:
sin (θ + θ) = sin θ cos θ + cos θ sin θ
sin 2θ = 2 sin θ cos θ
These can be find from the sum and difference identities as:
cos 2θ = 1 - 2 sin² θ
2 sin² θ = 1- cos 2θ
sin² θ = (1 - cos2θ)/(2)
sin θ = ± √[(1 - cos 2θ)/2]
Replacing θ by θ/2 on both sides,
sin (θ/2) = ± √[(1 - cos θ)/2]
This is the half-angle formula of sin.
In the same way, we can derive the other half-angle formulas.
sin (θ/2) = ±√[(1 – cos θ)/2]
cos (θ/2) = ±√(1 + cos θ)/2
tan (θ/2) = ±√[(1 – cos θ)(1 + cos θ)]
We can use trigonometric functions to find the angles of a non-right-angled triangle.
According to the sine rule,
a / sin A = b / sin B = c / sin C
Where, A, B, C are the angles of the triangle
a, b, c are the sides opposite to angles A, B and C, respectively.
According to cosine rule,
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