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Grade 11Trigonometry

Prove sin(n+1)a-sin(n-1)a/cos(n+1)a+cos2a+cos(n-1)a=tan a/2

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12 Years agoGrade 11
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12 Years ago
Solution:This can be simplified as follows:
sin(n+1)a-sin(n-1)a=2cos(na)sin(a) and cos(n+1)a+cos(n-1)a+cos(2a)=2cos(na)cos(a)+2cos^{2}(a)-1
After this, the substitution for cos(a) should be done as follows:
cos(a)=\frac{1-tan^{2}(a/2))}{1+tan^{2}(a/2)}
Substitituting this, the cos(na) factor gets cancelled.
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Sumit Majumdar,
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Ph.D,IIT Delhi

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