Vishal Kamalakannan14 Years agoWrite tan200 as tan(180+20)=tan20. cot10-tan10=(cos10)^2-(sin10)^2/(sin10cos10) =2*cot20. The product of the two is 2. :)
Vaishali Senad7 Years agoTan200°=tan(180°+20°)Tan200° [Cot10°-tan10°]=Tan(180°+20°) [1/tan10°-tan10°]=Tan20° [1-tan^2 10°/tan 10°]=Tan(10°+10°) [1-tan^2 10°/tan 10°]=[Tan10°+Tan10°/1-tan^10°] [1- tan^2 10°/tan10°]=2 tan 10°/tan 10°=2.