Precalculus: Concepts Through Functions, A Unit Circle Approach to Trigonometry (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Analytic Trigonometry - Section 6.5 Sum and Difference Formulas - 6.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 510: 87

Answer

$\frac{u\sqrt {1-v^2}-v}{\sqrt {1+u^2}}$, $u\in(-\infty,\infty), |v|\le1$.

Work Step by Step

1. Let $tan^{-1}(u)=x$, we have $tan(x)=u, sin(x)=\frac{u}{\sqrt {1+u^2}}, cos(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt {1+u^2}}$ 2. Let $sin^{-1}(v)=y$, we have $sin(y)=v, cos(y)=\sqrt {1-v^2}$ 3. Thus $sin(x-y)=sin(x)cos(y)-cos(x)sin(y)=\frac{u\sqrt {1-v^2}}{\sqrt {1+u^2}}-\frac{v}{\sqrt {1+u^2}}=\frac{u\sqrt {1-v^2}-v}{\sqrt {1+u^2}}$ where $u\in(-\infty,\infty), |v|\le1$.
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