Monday 25 March 2013

The Addition Formulas


The fundamental identities are very important for the analysis of trigonometric expressions and functions but they are a direct result of the intimate relation between trigonometry and geometry. The power behind the algebraic nature of trigonometry is hidden and can be measured only with the addition formulas

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and
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Of course, we used the fact that
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Example. verify the identity
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Answer. We have
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which gives
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But
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and since
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and tex2html_wrap_inline149 , we get finally
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Remark. In general it is good to check whether the given formula is correct. One way to do that is to substitute some numbers for the variables. For example, if we take a=b = 0, we get
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or we may take tex2html_wrap_inline157 . In this case we have
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Example. Find the exact value of
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Answer. We have
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Hence, using the additions formulas for the cosine function we get
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Since
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we get
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Example. Find the exact value for
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Answer. We have
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Since
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we get
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Finally we have
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Remark. Using the addition formulas, we generate the following identities

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