Precalculus (10th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Analytic Trigonometry - 7.5 Sum and Difference Formulas - 7.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 488: 47

Answer

$\frac{8\sqrt 2-9\sqrt 3}{5}$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Using the given figures, we have $x=\sqrt {4-1}=\sqrt 3$ and $y=\sqrt {1-1/9}=-\frac{2\sqrt 2}{3}$ Step 2. We have $sin(\alpha)=\frac{1}{2}, cos(\alpha)=\frac{\sqrt 3}{2}, tan\alpha=\frac{\sqrt 3}{3}, sin(\beta)=-\frac{2\sqrt 2}{3}, cos(\beta)=\frac{1}{3}, tan\beta=-2\sqrt 2$ Step 3. $h(\alpha+\beta)=tan(\alpha+\beta)=\frac{tan(\alpha)+tan(\beta)}{1-tan(\alpha)tan(\beta)}=\frac{(\frac{\sqrt 3}{3})+(-2\sqrt 2)}{1-(\frac{\sqrt 3}{3})(-2\sqrt 2)}=\frac{\sqrt 3-6\sqrt 2}{3+2\sqrt 6}\times\frac{3-2\sqrt 6}{3-2\sqrt 6}=\frac{3\sqrt 3-6\sqrt 2-18\sqrt 2+24\sqrt 3}{9-24}=\frac{8\sqrt 2-9\sqrt 3}{5}$
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